Stone House Scribblings

We took the train to visit the folks in Idaho last week. Taking the train is Elv's choice of ways to travel. I would rather fly, personally. So train, it was, again. It was better than when we went to Brad's wedding, partly because we knew what to expect, making plans and expectations easier to… Continue reading Amtrak to Idaho

It's been a really nice Christmastime this year. Maybe the nicest ever. I asked Elv why this is. "Probably it's mostly attitude on your part." He suggested. Of course, my attitude is good, but I think it's because, not why, if you know what I mean. We did all the things: gathered around nice meals… Continue reading The Best Christmas Ever

Christmas Eve Day dawned late, again, at almost eight, this morning, gray and misty. The temps are well above freezing and Lily's lilacs are budding... how sickening. I feel a little desperate about this brown Christmas. It feels all wrong and wonky, somehow, to me. I think I understand better the waiting world during those… Continue reading Waiting In The Dark

... If we try to live too many lives in one lifetime. I keep a journal and I use my phone camera almost everyday, documenting what we're doing and seeing. I have thousands of pictures with years of memories that I can go back to relive or to review anytime I wish. And a dresser… Continue reading I Wonder Sometimes

Writing in November is a great idea, but there it stays unless one dedicates oneself to the actualities of the process of doing it. You have to step into it and then do it. You have to think and write. What can be so difficult? It's not the writing that's hard to do. The difficulty… Continue reading The Business of Life

So much for writing every day. I did write every day. So it counts. Just not posted. So here you go, not really writing, just show and tell. I decorated Christmas today. Huh? What an interesting way to say it, as per the blue line suggestion. I mean I decorated for winter and Christmas today.… Continue reading December Decorating

The pies are lined up in my kitchen window sill, two pumpkin pies, a lemon sour cream and a peanut butter cream. Lisl says she will bring the apple pie. There are dinner rolls. Two batches of them. Gramma Skrivseth and my mom would be proud of these rolls. They're light and moist and nicely… Continue reading Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving time and I'm glad for it. The food and festivities are nicer than Christmas, maybe because they're first for the Holidays. But the reminder to be thankful is the best part. Because I need it, don't you? I know I say this a lot, but the beauty in everything: pretty food, newly arranged… Continue reading #writeeverydaychallenge

After a few days of solving the world's problems without breaks, only because I get to taking myself too seriously; I begin to plummet inside. I don't know if this is completely avoidable, but it's not fun. Frankly, it seems selfish and a whole lot of me-ism, which is mostly embarrassing as I get over… Continue reading Attitude

Lately, I have read that after all that's been said and done about multitasking... It actually isn't a thing. What am I doing then right now? I put seven jars of deer meat in jars this morning and got them canning. The process will take a couple hours while I do dishes, make a smoothie,… Continue reading Multi-tasking