“Grandpa, look at our hands. They’re the same !” -Holden and Grandpa Painting Pumpkins- journal entry: It is October. Pumpkins are ready. All are harvested and lined up in the garden. Children have opinions about pumpkins. Once they have picked their favorites, I get out the paint and the glitter …
“Broken cookies don’t have calories.” -Unknown- journal entry: Collections. Most of us didn’t start out thinking we were collecting. I have several things that I have always been drawn to throughout my life. Like cookie cutters. Over the years, one here and one there . . . I have …
“In the childhood memories of every good cook there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.” -Barbara Costikyan- journal entry: Grandmothers often take for granted that younger people know what their grandmother’s knew. That is because grandmothers have the mistaken impression that everything they taught …
“At the first cock crow the ghosts must go back into their graves below.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: I know that this a world of blog tutorials. I can’t make tutorials because I am just making it up as I go. I can share ideas. I can keep track of …
“An apple is an excellent thing until you have tried a peach.” -George du Marier- journal entry: I am not the only one who feels this way. Everyone talks about it. The feeling they get when they are finished bottling peaches. The way the peaches look. Lined up. Beautiful. There …
“Good peach pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.” -Jane Austen- journal entry: Most people think that grandmothers can make pies. It seems so “old world” and “long ago”. I never did learn how to make pies. At least not very well. I could have enjoyed making pies …
“If the pumpkin fits – wear it.” -Anyone- journal entry: I didn’t have a blog when I took these photographs of a new little pumpkin. I don’t mean the orange pumpkin with the stem. I mean the human one. Even grandmas can take fun, staged photographs when a baby is …
“Never wear anything that panics the cat.” -P.J. O’Rourke- journal entry: There are many reasons to clean out things. To organize and throw away. This morning it was my filing cabinet next to my desk. If you file things away, you better be able to remember where they are. Filing …
“Pink, pink, pink . . . give me everything in PINK.” -Miss Piggy- journal entry: You may think that anyone can decorate cupcakes. I am here to tell you that I didn’t think I could. I knew I could frost cupcakes and put sprinkles on them. I wasn’t sure about …
“Take risks: if you win you will be happy – if you lose you will be wise.” -Author Unknown- JOURNAL ENTRY: I am not really sure how I raised five children. If I had to do it today, I couldn’t. Well, I mean I could but I would be a …
