My Way of Living [02/11/17] 

  • You know you are reno-ing when…

    You know that you are in the middle of a reno when: You reach for a wooden spoon to stir the soup, and don’t even notice it’s a crowbar. You get out of bed with a hop skip and a jump. That’s hop, over the laundry basket full of tools, skip, around the pile of flooring, jump, through the drywall leaned up against the door. The…

  • Spring, you are a fickle season, a tease, uncommitted, and unrepentant. You are just not that into us! Are you? One day you show up, the next, you don't bother to call. You lead us on with warmer temperatures, sunny days, and bright shots of green, you temp us to drop the winter clothing, dance in the garden, and then, you leave. …

  • I’ve made a dishy decision today

    We all have them, those dishes, and knick knacks that are too nice to give away to the thrift store, but not appealing, or to our taste at all, so just what do you do with them? I made a liberating decision today, well partially freeing, and I did feel rather euphoric after I did it. You see, it’s complicated, the dishes, and knic…

  • Fly through diner isn’t for the birds

    Near our house is a chickenbarn with crows and eagles that hang out to wait for the clean out days. It’s not uncommon for the crows and eagles to fight over the carcasses of the chickens that didn’t make it through the system. A few body parts are occasionally dropped by accident in our yard… unpleasant to clean up, but part of th…

  • On a Wednesday February holds a winter close out sale

    It was the kind of day so full of staggering beauty that it made you long to have a camera in your hand. Records were broken, winter memories were made.Sunshine streamed through branches that had not seen light this bright since last year. Their diamonds glittered and fell into puddles of grey slush.February was out there selling …