Mortal Life Comes Once I love photos stories as a way to preserve Family History and the answer to the question posed in the title is “because we have one shot at the World and it is now”. (By that I mean living here as mortals.) That is why I …
This is one of my favorite family photographs. It is all about body language and facial expressions, a new dog and an escaped toddler. It is about the child in the red hoodie who is always in the middle and the wisdom of the oldest child which she is sharing …
HOW WILL YOU EVER DECIDE ? This post contains the last group of puppets for our Summer Gathering. There are many puppets in this batch and they are medium to small in size. There is a Moose whose friend is a Walrus. and a Walrus with tusks just like …
Dear Grandchildren: Thinking twice is always a good thing when you are around big, red, alligators. This one has been very nice to me. She even let me dress her in a sweater and fix her funny, greenish hair into curls. She is as long as the playroom table and …
She came today for a tiny, magical visit. A wisp of a thing who darted so fast that I could barely catch a glimpse of her. I could hear her more than I could see her. She filled the house with sunshine and the sounds made by little, rapidly-fluttering fairy wings. ~ The first thing …
journal entry: Betty is a Baboon. It is very clear that she is not ordinary. She is life-sized and I thrifted her. I found her face down behind lots of other big animals and I clearly heard her ask me for help. She is so life-like that she actually startled …
journal entry: It is simply amazing how many children cannot hear single word that is spoken to them. Sometimes they cannot even hear a yell or a loud voice. They are very good at saying “what?” with a serious look or “I didn’t hear you” or “were you talking to …
journal entry: How did I keep track of things before I had a blog? Every post is like writing a personal history. My history. My family’s history. Isn’t it wonderful? Bears for Christmas. Three little children and three different bears. Each complete with a personality and a wardrobe to …
journal entry: Some of our grandchildren live far away. Our visits are a few times a year. It is hard for them to understand why they can’t just “go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house”. This book is going far away so that two little boys will have an easier …
(This tiny tale is a Christmas surprise. SO, DON’T YOU TELL ! Two hedgehogs are in the mail to two little granddaughters. When they get them, they can hold them while their mommy or daddy reads this story to them. Oh, I love December !) The Little Hedgehog Finds a …
