• No Sew Snowballs

    No Sew Snowballs

    Frigid, icy, snowy, bone-chilling weather. That’s what’s happening at my house. How about yours? In the wintertime when our kids were little, we’d dress in our winter clothes to go outside and play. It seemed like it took forever to pull on their ski bibs, zip their coats, struggle with…

  • Maddi’s Fridge

    Maddi’s Fridge

    I grew up on a farm. We had a large garden and a bunch of fruit trees. And cows. And chickens. While I didn’t like weeding the garden and picking the fruits and vegetables, I did love eating them. (Well . . not the beets . . . ) My…

  • National Appreciate a Dragon Day

    National Appreciate a Dragon Day

    January 16 is National Appreciate a Dragon Day. Wahoo! Everybody, absolutely EVERYBODY, needs to celebrate this holiday. Right? Especially grandmothers and grandkids. Most definitely! (Bless the little pea pickin’ heart of the person who established this day because it provides a reason to make dragons.) These dragons are inexpensive (read…

  • Fox and Geese

    Fox and Geese

    It snowed at our house over the weekend — much to my delight. The snow laden pine trees in our yard now look like a Christmas card scene. Forest green limbs dressed in glittering white. The snow called to me like snow sirens. But instead of luring me to treacherous…