All Things Home and Family
Honeysuckle Blooms and Berries Sunday afternoon is often a dead moment for me; unless I intentionally fill it with reading, writing and playing the piano. Yesterday was easier because Sawyer and Dawson were here. For lunch, Elv grilled marinated chicken tenders while I set the table with bread, butter and jam, veggies, and baked potatoes.… Continue reading Summer Sunday Afternoon
Waiting with a lot of other people. Our flight has been delayed. Not enough to cause any missed flights, apparently. Southwest seems to be nicely organized and relaxed. Cheaper, too. No first class and we got to pick our own seats. But there's nothing ordinary about floating along on the clouds, the wisps allowing for… Continue reading Waiting At My Gate
Well, that was fun. I flew out to Idaho for a quick visit with my people. Mom had her eightieth birthday, so I made excuse and went. All the best things happened. Mom's party, visits with siblings and children, and walks with Mom and Dad. Mom inspired me, again. I often think about this after… Continue reading Inspiring At Eighty
It's Monday. There are three loaves of fresh baked bread on the counter in the kitchen. The house is strangely quiet: only the clocks and the little creaks from the stove, the tiny twits of birds at the feeders, and a car door shutting across the way... The soft swish of traffic. It's quiet because… Continue reading Life at the Stone House
Amy and I flew out to Idaho to see the Skrivseth family for ourselves. We found them just as we expected, taking turns gathering around this famous bar. The favorite meeting place is located at the home of Sid and Ruth Skrivseth, my parents. Each day we ate mom's delicious meals here. Each day someone… Continue reading Idaho Visit And Oddments of Thought
We spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Mom/Grandma Graber this past weekend. The roads were good and our student driver did a great job. He didn't appreciate how the traffic picked up after Eau Claire and soon handed the wheel over to his dad. His road test is coming up. Then we'll have completed all… Continue reading When I Am Ninety
I found this as a draft. It belongs back there in July somewhere last summer. I'll post it here as a back flash. We are glad that it really was not quite this bad over all to be "empty nesters" for a few weeks. Just like that, it has hit again, a… Continue reading Saturday Evening Blues
This December has been cold and wintry thus "Christmasy" all along. On Sunday evenings we stay by the fire and play games or just sit and visit.
"Be Good!" I say to our children and their friends as they go out our door. I say it to the young people and the little children or anyone else who needs to hear it.Here's what I mean:Stay well in body but mostly in soul. Be good.Keep striving for the Lord. Don't give up.Go for… Continue reading Be Good
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