October 2009

The Season Begins

First, a drumroll….. The winners for the magazine drawing are: Kathy, who won a subscription to Mother Earth News and Kim, who won a subscription to Country Living! Please contact me with your contact...

The Little Things in Life

I have several books of quotes, a must have for any writer’s office, and several mornings a week, I open it just to see if I can find a new and inspirational one. I...

A Friendly Face on the Road

There’s a feeling I get on Sunday evenings. It’s a sort of lonely feeling that occurs after I realize that we’re just hours away from a set routine again. When the alarm goes off...

The Plant

This plant doesn’t exactly fit into a small space. It’s way too big for The Little House and by the time winter is done, I’m ready to be rid of it from The Belle...

A Shot in the Arm

I awoke one day last weekend with possibly the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life, and Tylenol wasn’t helping, so by mid-day I was afraid I might have come down with the...

Paying it Forward: Sharing Things I Love

After reading a colleague’s blog about how she is trying to give back this year by Paying it Forward, I decided to do it as well. It’s been a tough year for a lot...

Keeping the Home Fires Burning

I could say that the weather has gone to the dogs around here. It has been rainy, nasty and cold, but that wouldn’t be a fair statement, because my dogs don’t even like it....