Category Archives: family

Saturday Steals: Great Aunt Elaine Patchwork Quilt

My Saturday Steal of the week is going to be a bit different than the ones I’ve posted in the past. It’s a quilt I made during Spring Break of my Junior year, which my sister and I spent with … Continue reading

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I’m an Old Fart

Hi, guys.  I’m sorry it’s been a lifetime since I’ve posted.  It’s been a busy week.  Excuses, excuses. Seriously, though.  For the last four days, I have lived my life like a person who never had a blog, had never … Continue reading

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The Junk Drawer

All my pre-married life, I lived in a house that had a junk drawer.  It was always in the kitchen—why is it that we never have enough cupboard space, but we have drawers in such abundance that we fill them … Continue reading

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For My Father

Today is my dad’s birthday. There’s my dad and me—well, they say that’s me, but I don’t recognise me.  It could be my sister.  Sweet shoes, though, Dad.  I wish you still had those so I could swipe them. I … Continue reading

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