Category: Happy Monday

Let me tell you why, right here at the beginning of 2011, I have decided it’s time for me to provide you with marital advice,

For reasons that have to do with a battle, my sister in law and her husband have been in town. They are Midwesterners, living outside

Part 2 – Dolls I was never good at playing with dolls. Mostly I didn’t get it. It’s possible that it wasn’t so much the

Part 1 – Stockings Being a freckled girl, I’ve never had that beautiful skin that seems to run with the genes of dark eyed people.

This summer I planted one row of okra, about 20 plants, that started bearing their little seedy, green pods the first of July. They have

It’s been the year of insects out at the farm. This summer the fields were filled with grasshoppers and crickets peeped out of whole under

The old house on Oak Hill was drafty. It would have been more so if it hadn’t been spit and pasted together with layers of

I am not much about driving. But it seems like lately I have been driving a lot. And I almost always have someone with me.

“Don’t just stand around. Figure out what needs to be done and do it.” Dad said. “Don’t wait for me to tell you,” he continued,

We sat in Beijing, Leslie and I, about in the middle of the auditorium. It was hot and the day outside was typical for the

I’m here in Mexico, Cuatro Ciénegas to be exact, one of my favorite places. A place I have spent some time looking at the mountains

We used to quilt. Okay, maybe we never really quilted much, not as a group anyway. But given that no one seemed to come up

When I get back home, I am going to watch Dr.Zhivago again. It’s probably not going to be as spectacular as I remember it. All

The lake was an eerie green week before last. All that cow poop, as those black Angus mommas stood in it 24/7 to try and

Near Troy, Missouri and the junction of state roads V and W and JJ, there are a series of low rolling mountain ridges. These ridges

As I think I have told you, I am the oldest child. I was also the girl child that my dad hoped would be a

“Want to come up and help me build that patio?” Captain Josh said. Being the mother of adult sons, I long to hear these kinds

We’ve got a lot of pine trees on the farm. Very old ones. I’ve talked about them before. The barn and ‘D’ house all sit

Silent Bob, my beloved, is a very smart man. There isn’t a sport that you can talk about that he doesn’t know the stats, in

Maybe it’s because I drive so much, but lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about cars. The one I am currently driving has become something

If you go out to the farm right now, at the very back, behind the house, and then behind the barn, you will find a

I have never been much into cars. This is clearly all on account of my Dad, no question about it. He thought one of the

It’s the last hours of Memorial Day 2010. All day I have chosen to remember… “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who

“I am going to have to renew my driver’s license. I want you to take me,” says my tiny, feisty, soon to be 78 year

“Babies amaze me.” I said to God the other day. “I gave you three of your own. Weren’t you amazed then?” He replied. “Yeah, I

We sat there, Fariq and I, gazing out on the pyramids. “I don’ think an Egyptian made them.” He said. His eyes were like dark

In case you have forgotten, because it’s been soooo long since I wrote, we were talking about cows and magic straws. You know, as in

You might recall that I have mentioned previously that cow farming is all about reproduction. It’s  a place where we acknowledge what is true and

March 1, 2010 The young woman looked to be in her late teens. Very tall and lithe, she was beautiful. She was applying her makeup

I knew it was going to be a bad week, Harriet had left three messages for me to call her back. ‘Janet’, says Harriet, when

I have been having a strange desire the last few months. I want to create something. There was a time when it was babies that

They had just laid down a fresh load of gravel outside Moss’ place.  Meant to cover the potholes and welcome the thirsty souls looking for

Everyone here in northern Mexico is bracing for an even colder weekend. Today clouds covered the mountains that surround this valley and we kept our

Day 2 Everyone here in northern Mexico is bracing for an even colder weekend. Today clouds covered the mountains that surround this valley and we

I don’t know what you are doing this week. Maybe you are starting some new resolutions or maybe you are trying to get settled back

Have you ever wondered about Heaven? I mean beyond whether there is one or not. (I have to assume you already made a decision one

I think my Mother would have liked it if I had been a movie star. She wanted this, not because of any particular talent or

Funny how the date of important things get blurred in your mind. You say to yourself I will never forget this day and then, there