Sad

A friend of mine died on Monday. 
He loved music more than anyone else I know.  He was gentle.  He was fun.  He drove the bookmobile. He loved going to the Student Housing apartments at Western Michigan University because the kids were so cute when he brought them books, and the moms brought him food from [...]

The Weekend

In the spirit of lazy lions, it’s been a very low-key week at my house.  We made the lion puppets, and they were named “Trick” and “Skort” (?).  We made the cookies, but they were eaten so quickly I could not even get the camera out fast enough. The cubs and I stuck close to the den, [...]

Quirks? Me?

Amy at Gift of Green has tagged me for a “Quirks” meme.  More specifically, unspectacular quirks.  At first, I couldn’t think of any. Then the first one came to me and I quickly realized that there is a fine line between having a few unspectacular quirks, and being a complete freak.  Let’s see which side [...]

Garage Sales, Rallys, Teas… A Week In The Life

In the past week, we have made some cash in a garage sale, attended a Mother/Daughter tea at our church (well, two of us anyway), and went to “Get Up and Go!” at the YMCA. It’s been a good one!
The tea was wonderful.  I knew there were some pretty wonderful people at my church; what I [...]