Making Home


My New Year is the end of Christmas Week (and now it's time to clean the house)

My New Year is the end of Christmas Week (and now it's time to clean the house)

I often find my writing a little awkward, out of place even, this time of year in the blogosphere. This year doesn't seem to be much of an exception. I have no looking back post to share. No collection of 2012's top posts, a play by play of what we ...

Christmas in Brienne's iPad

Christmas in Brienne's iPad

Brienne has an iPad. It wasn't a Christmas gift or a birthday gift. (This is one reason that expensive gifts are not a part of our Christmas celebrations. We buy our kids what they need, and what we can afford, throughout the year. We don't wait till Christmas.) Brienne's iPad ...

My Christmas Card for you

My Christmas Card for you

This is a bit of different post for Christmas Eve day. I wrote it last week but didn't have space during the week to publish it. It's a bit wordy. If you don't have time to read it today save it for later in the week. I still want to ...

Light & Dark

Light & Dark

Bright and beautiful moments in dark days.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's nearly 3pm on Friday afternoon. I'm drinking my friend's herbal tea mix (she grows the plants in her garden and it's fabulous) and watching the sun set over the mountain. The birds are jockeying for position at the feeder and as I type, out of the corner of my ...

My Afternoon Time ~ When I Work

My Afternoon Time ~ When I Work

My days are lived in six parts. Early morning, morning, lunch, afternoon, supper and evening. I have certain activities I do in each. Usually, not always. Sometimes I change the schedule on purpose or I'm required by circumstance to be spontaneous. A morning walk for example because if I don't ...

I may be hopelessly sentimental but that's what birthdays are for

I may be hopelessly sentimental but that's what birthdays are for

Dolly turned ten this past Sunday. We have called Brienne Dolly since she was a baby. She was our doll, our last baby, and the name stuck. We know a Dolly, she's a sweet woman in her seventies. I wonder if Brienne will stay Dolly as she grows or if ...