I have always loved light. The dark doesn’t scare me, really, unless I’m going through a haunted house and I’m not sure what is going to jump out at me. The light soothes me, even artificial light. But I LOVE natural light. When I’m outside, doing anything, and the sun appears from behind a cloud, … [Read more…]
One of the favorite sayings of my mother was “oh, she’s just a street runner”. I don’t remember it being a compliment. But, I am a street runner. Bad. If I’m at home I’m either sleeping or doing laundry. The rest of the time I am on the road. I think I’ve always been someone … [Read more…]
Years ago when there were secretaries in offices, one of their main responsibilities was to take dictation. They would use short hand to “take” a letter or a memo or anything else. There were terms that were used in this process, for instance, “period, paragraph”. That told the secretary that the sentence was complete and … [Read more…]
Never in my life did I ever want to be a teacher. I don’t think I ever played “classroom” when I was little. I wanted to be a nurse. I think I liked that they wore that cute little cap. Every year for Christmas or my birthday I got a nurse’s kit. I never got … [Read more…]
I have followed New Year’s traditions my whole life. Mom always made corned beef and cabbage. I didn’t know what for but I always at just a little. I didn’t really like the taste. As a young adult I was force-fed black-eyed peas (actually, just one, wrapped in some cooked cabbage). I was also told … [Read more…]
He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6 This is a nice Christmas sentiment, isn’t it? Can you imagine being in Advent, being in waiting, for someone such as this? And to think that all of this will be placed on such a little babe, born in a … [Read more…]
If you decide to attend Mass at St. Jerome on the picnic grounds before they put the meat on the pits to be barbecued you see a whole lot of different TShirts. This shows the allegiances the people of Fancy Farm have in their lives. You see T-shirt’s from all over and you see a … [Read more…]
He had one blue eye. That’s why we named him Blu. We wanted him to be a little unique so we spelled it differently. I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out how long we had him. Katie said he was 2 years old when we rescued him but he was well past the … [Read more…]
Over the years I have started collecting Blessed Mother statues. There are so many around. From time to time people look to get rid of them. I usually “acquire” them from flea markets or yard sales. Those people must never have known that you’re really not supposed to sell something religious, something that has been … [Read more…]
My daughter Katie decided that she wanted to host a foreign exchange student. She came to me and asked if that would be all right. I told her she needed to ask her dad, he’s never been interested in doing that before. To my amazement, Katie’s dad, Jimmy, said it would be all right to … [Read more…]