“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscalia It doesn’t take much to make me feel good about myself. When I was younger I … [Read more…]
“Don’t think, just throw.” Evie Calvin “Nuke” LaLouche I have a tendency to over-analyze. I will analyze my situation at every turn. If someone makes a comment to me then I’ll try to figure out what they really meant by that comment. If I would take it at face value and go on, I’d be … [Read more…]
We all have them. They nudge us, they stomp on us, they leave us for dead. They are life’s wallops. They may be pretty simple: we didn’t get that job we really wanted. They may be totally traumatic: you get the word that your dad had a heart attack and died at work. Those take … [Read more…]
This is the time of year that people in the country complain about traffic jams. Most of the time we scoot along without much other traffic. In the spring we have to contend with a tractor here and there. But this time of year you can expect to meet or get behind every type of … [Read more…]
My daughter gets married today. She’s really doing it. I am so happy for her. I truly am happy. I’m not nervous, I’m not anxious. I’m tired. But happy. This is the next step in her life and it’s all she’s ever wanted, to be a farmer’s wife. I tease her that she should have … [Read more…]
There are times that you just have to believe in signs. Or ghosts. Personally, I have always believed in both. There are those who say that it’s going to be a bad winter if a wooly worm has a heavy coat, or there’s a lot of them, or the black band on its back is … [Read more…]
Growing up I never paid much attention to quilts. We didn’t have any. We used blankets. And bedspreads. I was so glad when I got older and comforters became popular. I hated making my bed and if I didn’t have to put a bedspread on it then it was pretty easy to just pull that … [Read more…]
You don’t have to live in the country to come to appreciate proper knives. I’m sure you are staring at this right now wondering where I’m going with this. Nowhere. I’m going to talk about knives. When I was younger I thought you had to have this fancy knife set, a knife for every purpose. … [Read more…]
I’m not going to bore you with pictures of me stomping grapes at the Fancy Farm Vineyard. I don’t mind showing pictures of someone who looks like they know what they are doing. I didn’t. I will tell you, it’s not what you expect. About 5 years ago Fancy Farm became the home to the … [Read more…]
Several years ago my brother-in-law died. He was only 48 years old. He was as healthy as a horse, or so we thought. But he dropped dead. We were a devastated. One of the things we commented on was that we had not even had a chance to tell him how much we loved him … [Read more…]