Entertainment… Christmas Presence 20 Dec 201120 Dec 2011 Last ChristmasDid you hear the giant exhalation of breath? If you did and wondered where it came from, it was from me. You see, last Wednesday I panicked. Suddenly realizing…
Civility… Weekend for Awards and the Versatile Blogger 5 Dec 2011 This has been a great weekend for catching up with not only my blog, but those of others whose writing style and/or photography I admire. If you have been following…
Civility… 7 x 7 Awards Go To… 3 Dec 20113 Dec 2011 On November the 20th, I received a very thoughtful nomination for the 7x7 Link Award by one very talented young man whose blog many of you may have had the…
Entertainment… A Different Kind of Sunset 15 Sep 201115 Sep 2011 Marvelous Sunset in Big Sky CountryWhenever I meet someone who has been lucky enough to see the Great American West, they usually respond with a comment about the sunsets followed…
Entertainment… Amana Colonies in Iowa 9 Sep 201110 Sep 2011 One of the conditions when I agreed to the road trip was that we not miss what was right in front of us in an all out rush to…
Entertainment… Recreating Our Favorite Meal on the Trip West 6 Sep 20116 Sep 2011 One of my favorite things about travel is bringing home a new idea for dinner. A great wine, new cheese, or a method of preparing a dish prolongs my visit…
Entertainment… Thirteen Days, Fourteen States 1 Sep 20111 Sep 2011 We returned to North Carolina today, making it the fourteenth state in thirteen days. We didn't plan it that way, it just evolved - a little like the energizer bunny,…
Farming… Flooded Missouri River Valley, Le Mars, Iowa & South Dakota 23 Aug 201123 Aug 2011 When we passed through the Missouri River Valley, sand bags still marked places where they had tried to control the rising water from this year's flood. Much of the fields…
Entertainment… Road Trip Update 21 Aug 201121 Aug 2011 Welcome to IndianaWe are in beautiful Indiana farming country. Fields of corn and soybeans line both sides of the road. My husband has buck fever - the terminology for deer…
self-help… Happy Birthday ‘She Writes’ 29 Jun 201129 Jun 2011 Happy second birthday She Writes, an organization of writers - both published and not. She Writes turns two on June 29. Women from around the world congregate here online to…