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Today I’ll Smell the Lilacs – Recycled
Spring has sprung. After months of waiting for its arrival, life is rushing by so quickly, there’s hardly been time to smell the lilacs. But if I learned anything in May of 2008, it is to slow down and enjoy the fleeting beauty of flowers. Life is to be fully lived,...
Gathering Moss for the Road
This week has been a memorable one. Even though I’m closing in on fifty-five and can’t remember nearly as much as in my whipper snapper days, it’s kind of hard to forget... Sitting through your first tornado warning at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Zipping...
Banana/Manderin Orange Salad
his post may win the award for Lamest Recipe Ever. Then again, it could win the award for Most Kid-Friendly Recipe Ever. Either way, this incredibly easy fruit salad has been a favorite at our house for about 20 years. I wouldn’t have thought to post it except that my...
Tornadoes and Old Lace
Last night my sister and I went to the Minneapolis Guthrie Theater production of the comedy classic, Arsenic and Old Lace. You know, the one with the two little old lady maiden aunts who take in lonely, old men as borders. Once they determine the denominational...
Further Up and Further In – Recycled
The wind’s been so blustery lately, I’ve been taking the more sheltered walk down by the bridge and through our neighbor’s woods. With the redbuds blooming, the trees leafing out, and the birds singing each morning’s jaunt is a walk through a fairyland. This post from...
The Red Tulip
The red tulip in our flowerbed this Mother’s Day unearthed a memory of my third grade teacher. She was an old maid, thin and tall, her face creased from decades of smoking, her clothes dark and musty, her face a perpetual frown. Not a glimmer of anticipation cracked...