flowers gardening Small Celebrations of Gardening, Revisiting a Post from 2007 In 2007, this was how I started a blog post in April about gardening. "I return to gardening year after year because of the small celebrations e… Read more
library poetry. music Near the Window When I was young I always enjoyed it when my mother read poetry to me before I went to sleep. I also enjoyed it when teachers read poems aloud in cla… Read more
National Poetry Month poetry Saving The Only Life I Could Save I love that there is a national focus on poetry each year in April. I love teaching students to read, apppreciate, and write poetry, I love immersin… Read more
Mom Remembering Mom: The Land of Counterpane I first wrote this piece to honor my mom in 2007. I shared it again at Mom's Celebration of Life in the fall of 2017. My mom died five years ago … Read more
flowers garden gardening Mom sibings A Sign of Hope When I retired I moved back to my hometown and moved in the house next door to my mother. As I began building and designing gardens, she continued t… Read more
Everett family friends home poetry The House of Belonging Every Sunday I look forward to reading Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper. The purpose of this online newsletter is to " inspire hearts and minds… Read more
The Extraordinary Accomplishments of Helen Keller Recently when this picture was found of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan it reminded me of my lifelong interest in this… Keep reading
Strawbale Gardening: A New Project! We have an area close to our potato patch that needs a border. We really didn't want another fence. JEJ had already… Keep reading
What's That Smell in the Kitchen?:Favoite Poem by Marge Piercy Mom used to make a basic potato soup that was so delicious. It contained potatoes, celery, onion, and evaporated milk… Keep reading
Sibling Assignment # 31 : Annie, Sandy, and Goosebumps This week for our sibling assignment we were to write about a memorable musical . Sunday Scribblings word is Goosebump… Keep reading