Sad, but True
It is sad, but true that we – as parents – have a contradictory role in our children’s lives. We care for them. We cuddle them. We hold them. We ooh and aah over them. We dress them, feed them Read More …
Tag: fall
Falling into Fall
Loving the weather, as we are now free-falling into fall, with chilly nights, but sun sunny days, and the seasonal holiday celebrations of Halloween that are hopefully leading right into Thanksgiving. Let’s skip the drama of the election and go Read More …
Missing the Rain
All summer, we were missing the rain that was so very needed, for the water table, for the grass, for the plants, for the trees and of course, for the apples. Today, we were not missing the rain, happy to go Read More …
Renewed Efforts
Nothing is better than renewed efforts put forth by people who had given up or lost focus. It can be in the form of effort, or investment, which requires effort – so that counts, too. We are “back to fall” Read More …
Starting Again
So many things have new beginnings, new school – kindergarten, middle school, high school, college, new job, work…marriage, having children, raising them and then sending them off – always starting again and again. We have been talking to friends and Read More …
Significantly
I am not sure they know what the word significantly means. At least when it comes to the weather… You can pitch whatever you want in marketing, but it doesn’t mean it’s right. A ten degree increase, when we have Read More …
Get Out
It is fall (everywhere, obviously) but here in the northeast, we are having some kind of crazy warm weather – record breaking warm weather. It is time to get out. Go. Enjoy these last few days that you have. It Read More …
Sweatshirt Weather
This isn’t so much about the changing weather as it is the apparent and perpetual classification (mostly by my children) that it is “sweatshirt weather“. Now, as you may recall, we do not have central air in our 130+ year Read More …
Worthy
Supporting a local charity, or a youth sports organization is definitely a worthy cause. Spending my Friday evening or Saturday morning; however, working at the snack stand isn’t quite my idea of valuable… Our group requires a $50 snack stand Read More …
Amateur vs. Expert
While I am not sure that this second (the right side) photo of this seasonal floral arrangement was created by a professional or not, there certainly is something to be said in regard to the value of using an amateur Read More …