An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
Where has the year gone? It feels like Spring Break was last week! I guess the non-celebrations of milestones and events this COVID-19 year has contorted my sense of time. Tomorrow is Halloween, and all we’ve got on the schedule is Eli’s Chess Tournament at school and Liz’s friend’s birthday party. Nate’s staying in…
You may remember my post on our starting point in building our dream house—the east-facing window over the kitchen sink. When that point of reference was fully “pinned” down, we started thinking about the arrangement of the rest of the house around the kitchen. It’s strange that the only requirement I had…
Moving to Flowood, Mississippi (a suburb of Jackson) from inner-city Houston, Texas, was a life-changer for me and my hubby in 1999. On the first night in our new home, neither one of us could sleep. We sat in the dark living room and discussed our fears, staring wide-eyed at our huge…
I admit it: I go a little crazy in the Fall. I can’t get enough pumpkins on the porch to satisfy me, and there are way too many little pumpkins scattered throughout the house. I even started setting out pumpkins the middle of August! My excuse was that I was…