Celebrate!
Wherever you are on this grand, old planet… whatever you’re celebrating… may it be filled with good friends, good times and good memories. Photos taken by my daughter of her brother running maniacally...
View ArticleYou Know It’s Almost Autumn When…
Those large yellow things go zooming past your front door. I don’t miss those school years. I always felt trapped and instead wanted to be outside exploring. What about you – do you miss them? ©...
View ArticleFire, Frenzy and Calmness in a Fur Coat
People who know me think I’m so organized, so fastidious. My house is usually clean considering that it’s also shared with two sometimes three canines but I’m here to confess that there’s an exception...
View ArticleDark Mornings and Darker Coffee
A match made in heaven…the ugly mug and my Hario coffee pot. Happy Friday to you!…and a good weekend as well! Now…where’s the creamer?! © WryGrass 2013
View ArticleFire and Relaxation
If I’d known how relaxing an inexpensive fire-pit from a big-box hardware store could be…I’d have purchased one a loooooooooooong time ago. My husband and I were mesmerized by the flames. He shrugged...
View ArticleThe Things We Keep
I’m not a collector, a hoarder, nor a decorator. My house is small which limits what I obtain or hold on to. I do have some nice, comfortable things but it’s all kept to a minimum. I grew up with …...
View ArticleIs It November Already?!
Happy Friday, Folks! I hope you all survived the night and weren’t attacked by zombies, ghouls or goblins (I had a few midget sized ones show up on my doorstep but they seemed to be easily appeased by...
View ArticleAll You Need Is Love
Cue the Beatles – All You Need Is Love From my spouse who held me together, from my grown son who filled me with laughter, from my daughter – a beautiful bride, from a special friend that willingly...
View ArticleCulinary Advice For Next Thursday
I saw the following instructional somewhere years ago and thought it was a hoot! I’d forgotten all about it until my daughter sent it to me this morning. So my only question is…red, white or rosé?...
View ArticleThanksgiving Havoc
I tore this Monica Sheehan cartoon from a Real Simple magazine several years ago and saved it in a binder along with my treasured recipes. This illustration epitomizes the hilarity and craziness of the...
View ArticleThankfulness
I enjoy Thanksgiving but honestly with all the preparation, cooking, setting of the table, serving, cleanup and so on I rarely have a moment of thankfulness on the actual day. Even during grace I’m not...
View ArticleTake Two Aspirin…
My “to do” list today…string lights on my husband’s sequoia. So perhaps I may take an aspirin to stave off the headache I’ll get from dizzying step-ladder heights, the tangling of lights, and the sap...
View ArticleOpen Letter To My PC
Well, you finally did it. You have been threatening to end our relationship for a while now. You gave me little innuendos here and there that something wasn’t right. First you refused to open my photos...
View ArticleInner Reflection
The following quote is by Meister Eckhart, a German theologian, philosopher and mystic who lived from 1260 – 1327. “If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” That quote...
View ArticleAnd To All…A Good Night
I started this blog last February as a social experiment and as an alternative to Facebook. I was and still am determined to be the last standing soul on this earth that has not signed up for FB. Funny...
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