Small House Living

Filling the Space in Our Hearts

Before I get to this morning’s post, I wanted to show you photos of the real snow we got yesterday. The Christmas Eve dusting was nothing compared to this snow, which measured 4 inches...

New Year Means Living in the Present

The New Year. It means different things to all of us. Time to reflect on the past; time to reflect on the future; time to make new resolutions; or some may choose not to...

Time Capsule

“You can’t take a picture of this, it’s already gone,” Nate’s ghost whispers to Claire when she wants to photograph her family in the series finale of the HBO television show “Six Feet Under.”...

Write What You Know

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to  learn how to tap into your own experiences to write, then you might want to join us on Saturday, January 16 at the Bel Arco...

Room for the New Stuff

If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a very Merry one, and I hope, if you had the opportunity for some time off, that you enjoyed some down time with family and friends,...

White Christmas at The Little House

I couldn’t resist getting up this morning and snapping photos of our first white Christmas at The Little House. We caught a dusting last night of the storm that battered the Midwest. Here is...

The Meaning

I always become a little nostalgic this time of year as the old Christmas songs and movies awakens the wonder I remember as I child. When I think of my childhood holidays, my mind...

New Holiday Traditions

When we moved to The Little House we needed to establish some new traditions on birthdays and holidays. One thing we had always wanted to do was go to Branson, Missouri during the Christmas...