Last night our flat was filled with the wafting scent of bread—honey, wheat bread specifically. My Midnight Man was prowling and behaving like a small child on seemingly long road trip. “Are we there yet?… Is the bread baked yet?…What do you mean you just turned on the oven?…” That lovely smell of sweet nuttiness …
It’s time to get back to the book project I was so excited about in February. I’d purchased a workbook entitled “Book In A Month—the fool-proof system for writing a novel in 30 days.” It’s written by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph.D. So I sat myself down and organized according to the schedule in the …
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, our two oldest grandsons were with us for about 10 days (27th May to 6th June.) Bellman and Jame-Oh are 13 and 12 respectively. That their mid-term break fell at the same time as the completion of My-Midnight-Man’s last Open University lessons was a wonderful dove-tailing of events. Both are …
Our grandsons, “Bell-Man” and “Jame-oh” arrived on 27th May to spend 10 days with us for their mid-term school break. The days sped by, but there were some high-lights for them. Whilst Midnight Man and I just couldn’t handle the physical aspects of a walk, our two rambunctious lads were eager to joint the …
Four days into the month of June and I’ve only just turned the calendar page today. Soon it will be the 21st, which is the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day in the southern hemisphere. The only thing shorter than a day in December (NH), is my list of accomplishments. …
My absence from the blogging world has been noticed and brought to my attention. Since I don’t have much time to write a longer post, I thought it would be good to post some photos of my “Bucket Garden.” Then I will work on a longer post in the next few days…I hope. 🙂 …
To my friends-family in South-West United States, I send greetings; “Feliz Cinco De Mayo.” I had to look up the origin of Cinco De Mayo. It is the celebration of the Mexican’s victory over invading French troops in the State of Puebla, Mexico. It is celebrated only in the State of Puebla, Mexico and …
Somewhere along the line I heard that in ministry there are four “B’s” that are central to ministry. They are: Births, Baptisms, Brides and Burials. Whilst I am not an ordained member of the clergy, three of those four events—burials, births and brides—are present in my current life. First, I will touch on the …
Children of the 1950’s to the 1970’s are familiar with vinyl records that were played at 33 or 45 rounds-per-minute on turn-tables with diamond-tipped needles on the end of an arm. If the record player got shaken, or the arm bumped, the needle skipped and skidded across the records, sometimes scratching them, but not …
Christmas 2001 As befitting a farmer’s granddaughter, and a “Wannabe Lady Farmer”, I chose to wear my dungarees today as I sat out on the balcony working on my “Farmer’s Tan” and organising my “Balcony Garden in Boxes.” I was out in the glaring sun, mixing water with fertilizer, pouring it into dried out …