We didn’t get to visit with our Birmingham children over Christmas, but yesterday, a package arrived from our daughter. In it was a lovely “Stitches and Petals” necklace. It is a hand stitched flower on fabric mounted in a silver charm on a neck...
Ten years ago I was posting about loneliness at holiday season and organizing “Neighbors’ Cookie Swap event in Lynn Haven. It seems to be a perpetual and pervasive experience in our culture today. A mere five years later I was widowed. The next year our daughter...
When I was a teenager, my paternal grandmother crafted a quilt for each of her grandchildren, with the help of her sister, Aunt Omi. She hung a large quilting frame from the ceiling in her cozy den area adjacent to her spacious kitchen. I fondly remember seeing them...
Alabama enjoys the distinction of having the most diverse varieties of trees in the US! It is lush and green and beautiful from state line to state line without being overly stressful in geography or weather. For me, Alabama truly has been God’s country. It has...
A friend made a generous donation and designated it for gifts for the Titus 2 students…….When I invited them to suggest what they wanted, it was nearly unanimous…..SHOES! Thrift store purchases and donated clothing are great fun and wonderfully...
I have a tray with turtles to keep me company. They’re from lots of places and people who know They have a special meaning to me. They just show up, often unannounced, To join the herding bale, the nest, or dole. They remind me though one might get trounced To...
