My journal of big words and pretty pictures
A few days leading up to my knee surgery, a niggling feeling began inching up my spine. If I thought to hard about it, I would waver on whether I wanted to actually go through with it. I had to check in at the hospital at 7 a.m. and since the hospital was about an … Continue reading And to my dear…
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
A long trip north to my ancestral home for an unexpected funeral, gave me a bittersweet chance to reconnect with the Yankee half of my family after a 20-year absence. Amazingly, I recognized them all. Everyone had changed physically, but I knew immediately who they were once we hugged. It was like we are all … Continue reading That talk
Thin spiral notebook 