"That jar of gingersnaps just makes it feel so cozy, Mom." My 17 year old said this as he passed by the hot cocoa station I was setting up on top of the side table in our breakfast nook. ... continue reading...
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A New Front Door
I wish there were such a thing as a 'threshold counter'. This is the thought that crossed my mind recently as I watched our old front door being removed and the new one installed. Wouldn't it be amazing to know just how many times someone has crossed the threshold into your home? How many times you've welcomed family, friends and neighbors? We count how many steps we take each day so why couldn't we also count how many times someone walks through our front door? I think I'll ask Apple to ... continue reading...
Gaining Perspective
Autumn Home Tour
I consider myself to be a bit of a geographical 'mutt'. I was born in Ohio then we moved to Missouri and then to Southern California where we lived in Culver City and then moved to Escondido. Then back to Missouri for my middle school years then back to Southern California for high school and college. FINALLY, I ended up in Oregon after marrying my husband and returning to his hometown where we've now lived for over twenty years. ... continue reading...
The Slow Exit
One of my kids' favorite memories, a story they still recount to this day, is of the time when they were little and we were baking banana bread together. It was an almost weekly ritual and they would pull their little stools up to the counter and take turns putting ingredients into the bowl. When it was time to add the bananas, we would use the potato masher and scream "Ewwww! Banana worms!", as we watched the bananas ooze out of each hole in the masher. ... continue reading...
