During my visits to southern Illinois last month, my mother and I did some much needed sorting and organizing in her attic. I love that she trusts me with this task. My mother is the person who taught me to see potential in everything, so I know it’s hard for[Read more]
I knew I’d have to cut back on my blog posts during April, but has it really been a month since I last wrote? Sure, I wore a few more hats than usual – a short-term job, weekly travel, some voiceover work and lots of writing – but I figured[Read more]
The first stage of the gardening process is always the biggest confidence booster, because almost all our seedlings have begun to sprout! I know full well that nothing I see in April guarantees anything will bear fruit come summer, but it’s awfully inspiring to see the start of several vegetables[Read more]
The bane and the blessing of living in a small home is how little space there is to store our stuff. The blessing: it encourages us not to acquire things or, if we do, to get rid of something old before we bring in something new. The bane: we spend[Read more]
If you could only use one word to describe yourself, what would it be? There was a time when I used the word enthusiastic. It still applies, but not in the same way. I used to use it in cover letters and interviews to counter my lack of experience. Now I[Read more]
It’s rare for me to buy fresh flowers. And by “rare” I mean darn close to never. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, but their beauty is far outweighed by the buyer’s remorse I suffer when I see them wither and die. But last week the Kroger florist made it[Read more]