. . . like a tumbling tumbleweed! Wherein We Prove That Wind and Little Kids Aren't A Good Mix . . . The wind blows in Southern Al...

She of the foul mouth . . . There are ways of making one's anger and frustration known. Even when one is . . . little. My friends tw...

Congratulations to Martha of Martha's Bookshelf . She is the fantastically lucky winner of a copy of Carving Angels! Yay! And a very...

Grant build our family a picnic table. Cedar. Nice. It was the scene of many, many family meals and celebrations. And occasionally the scene...

In recent months I have taken to walking during my lunch hour.  Walking is my favourite form of just plain old exercise. A holdover, I gues...

From my Husby! Just because I thought it was funny . . . On vacation . . . Subject: Scam warning! Home Depot A 'heads up' for t...

Now Then My second oldest grandson just had his tonsils out. Poor little guy. But they were so huge that they made it difficult for h...

Bare Blue Stringam Both of my parents served in the 4-H calf club in our community. This duty included attendance at the club's annu...

Mischief-maker extraordinaire! Halloween was a time of hijinks and high-spirited fun in Milk River in the 60s. Much like it was everywhe...

Clockwise from right: Aly (Hired man's son), Anita, Blair, and Me - in my little gold beauty. It wasn't often that we kids were...

Tristan and his wife, Jess. When we were teenagers, my husby and I got involved in theatre. And stayed involved. This year marks 42 year...

Ready to go. Pictured L to R: Anita, Blair, Dad, George, Jerry, Missing: Mom, Chris, Diane and the potty. Traffic has slowed to a craw...

Big Brother Our third son, Duffy, was two-and-a-half when our first daughter was born. He stuck to the baby and I like glue. That doesn...

Welcome to the Gratitude Giveaways Blog Hop hosted by: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and co-hosted by All-Consuming Books . This is your las...

Okay, he looks cute here . . . We lived in the country. Far out in the country. There were many people living in our house. But we weren...

My 'Creative Parenting' Prof. When Dad spoke. We listened. Most of the time. But one ignored my father at one's own risk. He...

Grant . . . navigating. With granddaughter, Rini. My husband has iron boogers. And in Canada, we have The Dominion Land Survey. These t...

Hours of fun. Or aggravation . . . Mom always appreciated a good joke. Usually, she stood back and . . . appreciated. Occasionally, she ...

We have a winner!!! Judy at Judy  has won a copy of Carving Angels, a sweet little Christmas book! A big, BIG thank you to everyone who en...

Erik, right and a colleague, Larry.  On the back of the picture, it says: 'I'm the one in green'. Remembrance Day. A day set...