Rubberbands, Bobby Pins & Glasses of Water
They're carelessly scattered in obscure places, "crumbs" my children rudely leave behind. I frown and think mean thoughts whenever I find them. When they were toddlers, it was a trail of Cheerios or Gold Fish. And juice box straw...
“When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.”
Note: Click to bigify the pictures–OHMYWORD blog-size does NOT do them justice! "B" is for… bumbley… and beautiful… and busy… and beady-eyed… And "b" is for buggy… and (wanna)bee Beautiful...
The beautiful thirst
It caught me by surprise last night; a sense-memory so strong it transcended time. Sipping well water from a silvery dipper, dented and pocked, drawn from a bucket that had plunged into midnight deep, a mystery as fresh and wonderful to me as new birth. I...
ANOTHER thing you NEVER want to hear from your teenage son…
If I didn't know better, I'd swear my boys are tryin' to do their ol' mother in– Apparently, they …! (Have they already forgotten ???) I haven't. I bet Jacob hasn't, either....
Simple signs
One Thousand Gifts ~ Multitudes on Monday I'm a lover of words and delight in those who string them together like exquisite pearls or even a chunky beaded necklace; I suppose this is why I'm inclined to share my own on this corner of the web. But word...
When art meets light
Tiffany at Biltmore
When I think of Tiffany's, there's a confluence of three simultaneous thoughts: Audrey Hepburn and "Breakfast at…" Little blue boxes Beautiful stained glass lamps When I think of Biltmore Estate, there's another three-tiered thought...
Heartstrings & heroes
To the unacquainted, it seemed like an innocent enough question: "Mom, have you heard of 'kisses from Katie'?" But I saw something–her eyes danced, a fleeting twirl of mystery and expectation and satisfaction; she was already...
Happy Independence Day!
Freedom is not free. My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ~ Thomas Jefferson We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find...