Rendezvous with Red
How is it that sometimes we women meet another woman who feels like a twin? That’s my friend Kathy. Our “coming together” was quite in line with our personalities. We met camping. Todd, our young kids, our yellow lab, and I sailed on the U.S.S. Badger car ferry across Lake Michigan and drove north to […]
Plowed
I traipsed to the barn at 7:00 AM through three feet of drifted snow. The path was no longer visible, yet the storm had just begun. Dressed in two base layers, three middle layers, a down jacket, and wool hat, I was prepared for the weather. Still, 30 mile per hour southeast winds blew […]
Two Arrows
Today is the day for red and pink and white hearts showered everywhere we look. Today is the day for red roses and confessions of true love. Today is the day of Cupid. But how many of us remember that Cupid carried two kinds of arrows? The one we see in today’s images is golden-tipped, […]
Stuck and Stitched
Ever feel like the fabric of your life gets ripped apart, in need of mending? I do. Ever feel like your own goals get side-tracked by the unexpected and, WHAM, you’re stuck again? Me too! Welcome to my weekend on the farm. Last Saturday, I woke at 5 AM to make breakfast for Zach, our […]
Dis-Abled
Our daughter has been in her new apartment for a month now. The transition has not been easy on her—or us. In fact, she has been mad as a hornet, trying everything she can think of to get us to give up—to give in—to let her move back home. She has tried her passive-aggressive tactics. […]