In those days secrets were well kept... - Stuart Symington Everyone should have a secret tree. This is mine. This is the tree I would sit ...

I get nervous, usually, when I post my reading lists. It's silly, but when I stop to consider how diverse the readership of this blog ...

Turns out I want to do a little more with the Belated Summer Reading List than just shove a few titles at you through the computer screen ...

Today - after books, sunflowers and a rousing game of Taboo (with the likes of folks such as the incomparable Starla Ray ) - I'm headed ...

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. - Winston Churchill I ...

Rain the past few days means relief from the searing Texas heat. That's a blessing all around, especially for plants. Especially for p...

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. - Psalms 62:5 Saturday. A quiet day of waiting. After lunch, I pulled on ...

I promise a return to normal blogging soon. Normal as in gardening, recipes, stories, pictures... the usual. The month of July, apparently,...

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill I adore this quote. Success isn't arbitra...

Remember these charming stamps ? They - and other favorites - are listed in my Etsy Shop , ready to find happy homes. Amazingly enough, I...

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. - Sam Keen I gathered what was left of the Freeman House tomato garden and brought it h...

Bad things do happen; how I respond defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized b...

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. - Mother Teresa A muted morning in my world. My mother and I...

It's finally over: the visitation, the people, the service, the graveside. The week that wouldn't end. It was wonderful and it was w...

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. -William Penn My Grandfather passed around midnight. I cried as I kiss...

The deed to relinquish ownership of Freeman House is drawn up. I just can't bring myself - yet - to sign it. How did it come to this? H...

Still holding out over here. You? So. Okay. I skimmed my emails quickly just now and noticed several inquiring about the "Sponsor this...

I'll never forget yesterday. Father's Day. After waking up on the hard, hot floor at my parents' house, I trudged the hard, hot ...

Still here. Still sewing. I brought the sewing machine along to my folks', so I'm busy stitching away as I'm caretaking. It wor...

Thanks for all the kindness and support you shined down on me yesterday. These are for you. Although fall is my favorite season, summer...