We moved our flat screen TV downstairs to the living room. Although I swore I would never have a TV in the living room, circumstances, and places change and it seems to make the most sense right now. Gerry and I spent yesterday getting it moved to it’s not home over our fireplace and getting…
Month: January 2011
Adoptee Birthdays
When we are babies our age is measured, first in days, then months, and at some point the measurement switches to years. As children, it’s important to us to specify our age as “and a quarter” or “and a half” or “and three quarters”; we can’t wait to grow up and be big girls. At…
The Friday Adventures of Mrs. Potato Head
It was bound to happen: the Mrs. Potato Head (I’ve started calling her Ida) my daughter bought me for Christmas would become my mascot. Ida is venturing out from her usual place on the corner of my desk to join me on my Friday activities. We have a batch of books to mail to Story Circle…
A Wing Chair
I have been wanting a reading chair of my own for some time. At first I thought what I was looking for was a cushy leather recliner I could get lost in, but I have changed my mind. I want a wing chair. There is something about a wing chair that is classy and old-fashioned…
A Cloche Hat
I love cloche hats. They take my mind to hot summer afternoons on dusty prairie roads past golden waves of wheat fields. I imagine myself wearing a cotton summer dress and leather sandals; the dress sticking to my sweaty back and my feet dusty with the prairie dirt. I can imagine myself picking peas and later, shelling them…