My journal of big words and pretty pictures
I enjoy baking for my family - especially cakes, cookies and breads. I’ve had a bread machine for years, and will periodically haul it out of the closet to bake loaves and loaves of fresh bread. (I don’t like finished bread from a machine so I just let it work up the dough, then I … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Bubble
My oldest dog, Hershey, has allergies. When springtime rolls around, there is something in the air - pollen, grass dander, fairy dust - that makes her miserable. Scratching, chewing, snarfing, it’s enough to drive anyone mad. She gets meds from the vet, and I’ve been known to slip her a little Benadryl, none of which … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Bath
Since the invent of the e-reader - Nook, Kindle and their ilk - I’ve remained a staunch adherent to the sanctity of the printed book. The smell of the ink on paper leafs, the feel of buckram, the heft of the book in my hands - I loved… love… all of it. That was until … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Library
I’m sitting on the floor in the hallway of my house. All the rooms leading to the hallway are closed off and one end of the hallway is blocked by an expandable baby gate we’ve saved from when our children (now in their mid- and late-twenties) were toddlers. On the other side of the gate, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Sibling
My Mister’s grandmother, his mom’s mom, was a crafter. She did needlepoint, cross-stitch and crochet. When his grandmother died, his mother, knowing I also crocheted, gave me all of her mother’s patterns - stacks of magazines and type-written patterns from the 1930s, 40s and 50s - classic shawls and home decor items considered vintage today. … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Classic
There are life’s little milestones that everyone looks forward to - a baby’s first word or step, starting school, graduating school, your first job, your first love, marriage, babies and the first time you have the satisfaction of using your senior discount. I’ve never gotten too worked up over age. It’s a number. In my … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Senior
Thin spiral notebook 