Violets are blue, I know a book lover, How about you? Do you have a book lover in your life? Do you want to give that person a unique Valentine’s gift this year? Many of you know that my daughter Liz is raising money to go on an AYC (American…
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Ooo La La!
This past weekend was a real treat for my family and some friends. French Chef Justin Ward, missionary extraordinaire, came to my house to teach 18 of us, neighbors and church friends, his Quiche and Tart Class. He arrived promptly at 8 a.m. to set up our prep stations and to…
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2022 New Year’s Resolutions…CHECK!
Here it is the end of January, and I have written nary a thing about New Year’s Resolutions. I know you’ve been waiting for me to give you my list, right? Here it goes: Visit Key Largo, Florida…CHECK! Drive US-1, the overseas highway, from Key Largo to Key West…CHECK! Watch…
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Experimenting with an Acrylic Paint Pour
Last week I showed you the portraits that I painted for Christmas. This week, I want to share the acrylic pours that I did for my unofficially adopted daughter Tiffany. I confess that I’m not super comfortable with acrylic pours. They are messy, and there’s no way to really control the…
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Christmas Portraits
I couldn’t share my Christmas portraits with you before Christmas because they were gifts, but I’ve been looking forward to the time when I could put them on the blog. They were such a joy to paint! In September, I took a snapshot of my sweet Aunt Lori’s granddaughter when…
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Revisiting Memories
This Not-Quite-Southern gal reconnected with her roots last week for the first time in a loooong time! Our family has planned, reserved, and cancelled (for various reasons) several trips to the Texas Hill Country over the past few years. I get the sense that the good Lord did not want my…
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Looking Behind and Ahead
It’s New Year’s Eve, and I can’t believe it’s already time to put away the Christmas decorations, clean the house, get my boys ready to leave for another semester of college, and start my daughter on her final semester in high school. It’s a weekend for reflection, I think, and…
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The Wait is Almost Over!
For those of you who started your Christmas decorating right after Halloween, I know that you must be desperate to get the wait over! Christmas is only one day away! Hooray! Actually, it’s today for my family. Tomorrow is my nephew’s birthday, so we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and celebrate him…
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Putz Houses
For the first time this year, I signed up for a volunteer shift at the Junior League of Jackson’s Mistloetoe Marketplace as a Sustainer. I figured, “Why not?” I loved my active years in JLJ, but I guess I felt like a needed a break from Mistletoe once I became a Sustainer;…
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The Joy of Giving
On Monday, I finished crossing off everyone on my Christmas list–family, friends, teachers, and church ministry. Then I contacted someone I’d met last year about this time and asked her about the current needs in her special ministry. In response to this friend’s request last year, my daughter and one of…