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…]
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…]
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…]
Once you learn how to ride a bike you can always ride one, isn’t that the way the saying goes? People use it for all kinds of things. If you learned to ride a bike you’ll never forget how to do it. And I guess you don’t. I have wanted an electric bike for awhile … [Read more…]
“Oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining. It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth.” Such a beautiful song. When I started singing this earlier today it wasn’t because of Christmas, although this is a time of Christmas carols and hymns. I was singing it in response to the death of a member … [Read more…]
When I was growing up my family would travel every summer to visit my father’s uncle in Paragould, Arkansas from Louisville, Kentucky. Now I realize that we were either taking my grandmother to visit her brother or picking her up. But back then I knew that we were going to spend a week at the … [Read more…]
Well, it has happened. Actually it happened a long time ago. I am now making it public. I have Grandma arms. You know, that extra skin, or whatever, that hangs down from your upper arm (you know, the triceps). It’s like an old cartoon of a weight lifter whose muscle is tight and then slinks … [Read more…]
When I asked for suggestions on what to write about I didn’t expect anyone to give me ideas. I literally have lists upon lists upon lists of things I want to write about. There might be a reason I haven’t made it through those lists. Those ideas bounce into my mind and in about a … [Read more…]