Mid-life poetry crisis

After my heady dip into Mary Oliver’s Red Bird, I decided to go back through my own poetry collection. Now that I’m *cough*40*cough,* I thought it’d be a good time to reevaluate whether or not I really need to continue carting these books through life with me — and whether they really are worth the [...]

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Think differently : introspection

I saw this meme over at Monica‘s, and it seemed to fit perfectly with this post about introspection I’ve had brewing for awhile. I think I was probably born introspective. I was due on July 4, but I wasn’t born until over 3 weeks later (that was back in the day when they let the [...]

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Sluuuuuuurp

Go see more pics from a family fun day at the Milwaukee Art Museum at my man’s blog. If you like art and live anywhere close to Milwaukee, you must visit this museum. It is fabulous.

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Salad days

Hey everybody! Look how our garden grows. This corn’s a redhead! Those *&%^ Japanese beetles keep eating my basil, but I WILL have pesto. Lettuce! I’ve already harvested about half of what was there. We could never grow lettuce in South Carolina, so this is a special treat for us. I confess I always feel [...]

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Frugal Friday Recipe: Tuna casserole aka “Ring of Plenty” aka “Mermaid Casserole”

Gayle of Grace4Gayle and Grocery Cart Challenge is hosting a recipe swap. This week’s edition is all about cheap dinner recipes. If you haven’t been over, you should go check out her blog. She is a real frugal self-starter. I love all her creative “recipes” for things we don’t necessarily need to buy. She really [...]

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Hello, Summer, I’ve left my Booger behind

The above title is dedicated to Gayle (I just thought you’d like it) So, while we were on vacation, our cat died. Not the cat pictured above; that would be Summer, our new cat, who my daughter proceeded to theoretically pick out and give imaginary names to the afternoon she found out of Booger’s demise [...]

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Why has it been so long since I’ve read a book of poetry?

Last night, I finished Red Bird, a book of poems by Mary Oliver. Loved it. Here’s a gem from p. 37, a bit of a poem called “Sometimes:” Instructions for living a life: Pay attention Be astonished. Tell about it. Well. There it is then. That about sums it up. This book is full of [...]

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Why I don’t play the violin much anymore…

I’m playing in church tomorrow. Pray for me!

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Beautiful day in Chicago

Here are some pics from our adventures in the city last week: My man on the water taxi…a great way to travel. The weather was GOR…JUS. Lunch. (As in tavern, not meat). He wanted the crust off his cheeseburger…WHAT?! Me and the kids Aspiring f@shion model She also fights pirates!

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Be a blessing

Today’s small thing: Order a free Olympic prayer band from Voice of the Martyrs and pray for China during the Olympics. Thanks to Money Saving Mom for publishing this link in her freebies post.

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