Tag Archives: family

A mountain man lives in my mom’s basement.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

Today’s photo prompt from Susannah Conway at April Love 2018 is:  Smile. Since I’m visiting my mom downstate in Lower Michigan, I had to truly ponder.  What photo to take?  My mom didn’t look like a willing victim (err, subject).  … Continue reading →

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Is home where the heart is?

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Where, my dear reader, is your home?  Is it the place where your heart says “yes”?  Is it your childhood home?  Is it the house where you now live? I am a lucky sixty year old woman to call two … Continue reading →

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Sleeping beneath the Mackinac Bridge last night

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

Today’s photo prompt from April Love 2018 is Simplicity. Alas, the last twenty-four hours have been anything but simple. Twenty four hours ago Barry and I were eating Easter dinner (turkey, potatoes, gravy, stuffing) and chatting casually about this and … Continue reading →

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Palm trees, egrets, shrimp boats (and home again, home again, jiggety jig)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

    Hello, dear reader.  I am back from a lovely week of vacationing at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, with my mom, brother and sister-in-law. Am feeling rather mellow and tired, but wanted to upload these photos this afternoon. It … Continue reading →

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Missed Perceptions, right, Pam?

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

Pam, also known as Roughwighting, also known as blogger extraordinaire, also known as my Switcheroo (we switched blogs back in 2013; please read here if inspired), also known as a spiritual buddy, also known as a phone companion at times, … Continue reading →

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Two weddings, a dam, a journal, death and family photos

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

Last January, just before I quit blogging for ten months, I wrote a post called “The world’s best journal“.  The journal is one of the things that makes me unconditionally happy.  To read back over the years and to remember … Continue reading →

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The world’s best journal

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

I swear you will not regret starting this journal. Way back in 2006 I bought a small wire-bound journal with penned indecipherable cursive writing atop its ivory cover. Barry and I had experienced too many conversations that went like this: … Continue reading →

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