Category: ordinary days
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Another day, another day in print
Just another day, an ordinary day. But the thrill of being in print? Still exciting, every single time.
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Brick by Brick
When this stay at home order started, I thought it might be fun to rebrick one of our garden retaining walls. Yes, I know. I’m curious about my sanity too.
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Tuesday Feels…
…because I’ve missed a couple of Fridays here and there. Oh well. So what is a Tuesday feel? Depends on your week and your outlook, but around here it’s this: Full of busy, work, and moving along and getting to it. And that messy desk which looks all too familiar…
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Mom of the Year
Feeling like Mother of the Year? Good, me either. There are things that I regret about summer and things I treasure, and things, of course I’d rather have done differently. But hold onto hope–thank God we are not defined by one day, but the summation of many days. And many…
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Summer is here.
It’s summer, isn’t it? Don’t know about you, but here it’s full-on summer: hot, muggy and well, the sorts of days you either hang out in damp bathing suits. Or take long afternoon naps followed by fresh corn for dinner. The season of simple, earthly delights. We’re in the thick…
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I’m still here
I’m still here, yes, despite what I imagine feels like a lot of silence. Blog posting: Clearly a discipline I have to still work on. Sigh. Along, clearly, with the laundry. In the meantime, though I haven’t been consistent on this medium (and apologies about that! If you want more…
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Staying within season
My January so far is cold and quiet. After the blazing end of the year to the tune of a seventy-five degree Christmas (husband sweating and aching for shorts while all the girls in the family still dressed up in flannels to pretend it was a snowy Christmas) well,…
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The long haul
After about twelve years, everything begins to show seams. The wedding dishes, the ones you painstakingly selected together and thought about your daily lives together (although all things considered, he just sort of went along with because, well, it’s dishes) begin to show signs of wear and tear. Add…
Liz Rasley 