Category: Potpourri

after a major malfunction… maybe I am up and running again? With a simple click… that’s all it took: click. I sort fo felt like Ann(e) of Green Gables… I looked at the brooch and it… slippppped from my fingers and sank beneath the rippling waves. I effectively erased the other blog completely. Ooops. The […]...

Another Saturday Morning February 11, 2006 It’s early… one of the kinds of mornings I treasure so much… spending time with one child—the little early-birdie who brings the sunshine in!   Standing at the counter, and he sitting on the stool with the cutting board pulled out to form a table for him next to the […]...

May 6, 2005   ”  …There’s a Florida woman who lost 170 pounds on her personally designed “Backwards Diet.” She ate/eats for breakfast what one would have for dinner and for dinner what would typically be eaten at breakfast in addition to cutting out sugar (me: weep), caffeine (me: gasp!) and soda (me: sniff).  Now, I […]...

July July 23, 2004 Growing up in California made me a Californian—but, seriously it’s hard for me to think that now living in Washington makes me a Washingtonian—this is just home to me. But I don’t feel like a Washingtonian.   Now, yesterdays’ blog may have been confusing—as it sounded as if we were in […]...

Go get your cup and read on. Blogging’s therapeutic for me, and I pray encouraging for you. Each days’ blog is a bit of journaling of slices of life here in our home and ways the LORD’s working. Someday my children will read “mom’s blog” and catch a glimpse of some of what was “important” each […]...

God is the LORD, there is no other. ~February~  2003 Our Year in Pictures    2nd half 2003 Pictures Our January Snow and Ice Pictures        VALENTINES DAY                   The Welcome Home Blog February 29, 2004 Leap day! Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the […]...

God is the LORD, there is no other. January 2004 Our January Snow and Ice Pictures here’s another one for you, mama… Kathryn and me at a party this past Christmas January 31, 2004  Already the last day of the first month.  What an amazing thing it is to have time seem to be at […]...

The kettle’s on, go get a cup and enjoy today’s blog! The Welcome Home Blog December 2003 The beautiful craftsmanship and decor… at Pension~Anna Leavenworth at Christmas December 30, 2003  A chilly-willy day here! What a blessing to have lots of wood for the stove—our source of heat in this old farmhouse! New stuff in […]...

The Welcome Home Blog  for November 2003 The kettle’s on… go get a cup and enjoy today’s blog! You can click on underlined links for topics referenced in the blog November 28, 2003  Well, Thanksgiving 2003 is a now a happy memory.  God blessed the day and our time together—All the hurry-scurry and hustle-bustle is […]...

Go ahead and get a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy today’s blog! Hug your children… love them today; today is all you have. BACK UP YOUR FILES!  IF YOU’VE GOT A BUNCH OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON YOUR COMPUTER, MAKE A COPY (AND UPDATE IT FROM TIME TO TIME) AND STORE IT IN A […]...