Life Worth The Living

From early in my childhood,  I loved the blue skies and the warm golden light of an Autumn sun.  I loved to collect the red and orange and yellow leaves to press between the pages of a book.  I remember how much I enjoyed roaming through the woods and fields collecting autumnal treasures to share [...]

The season’s first frosts have stolen in to tint the leaves with autumn’s magic paintbrush. The landscape has been painted in shades of gold and red and vibrant orange. The air is crisp, and the sunlight streams through the trees in rays of glimmering translucence.

What is Autumn without pumpkins?
Last year, my eldest daughter planted two large hills of pumpkins.  She diligently watered them through the dry summer and tended them carefully, and each day she checked the vines for signs of pumpkin growth.  After a long growing season full of expectation, she harvested six beautiful orange pumpkins!
This year, we [...]

I took this picture of my Father’s wheelbarrow.  One single pink rose…in the midst of a lovely pile of pumpkins and gourds.

Have you seen signs of Autumn?  Are you reaping the fruits of a summertime of labor?

On this particular day…we bought doughnuts and took them to the park to eat them. While sitting at a picnic table, I was quite surprised to see a courageous little squirrel hop up onto the top of the boards and eye me with an expectant gleam in its bright eyes.

Every week, my daughters and I visit our public library.  We listen to stories at Story Hour.  We participate in craft projects.  We check out books for the next week.  And, then…we often meet at the park with the other children and mothers to eat lunch, play together, and visit with friends.  This has become [...]

I remember that my Grandmother almost always wore an apron…But, somewhere along the line, among women of my generation…aprons became an antiquated symbol of a bygone era.

Thursday is Library Day. We check out new books, play with friends, and make fun art or craft projects. We look forward to this day. Yesterday’s project was to make leaf imprints on paper. The children created some very beautiful prints. This is a wonderful activity to kick off Autumn!

Months ago, I began sewing a quilt for our friends and their new baby.  After working for some time on this project, I became discouraged because the quilt wasn’t really looking like the vision that I had created in my mind.  For some reason, I just couldn’t get it to look like what I had [...]

I recently made many jars of grape jelly…more than we could reasonably use.  So, I gave some away.

My friend Melissa called me Thursday morning on the phone.

“Would you be willing to swap four jars of your grape jelly for four jars of my apple jelly?” she asked.  “My son will only eat your [...]