“A happy family is but an earlier heaven,” quote George Bernard Shaw. And how true is that? We used to enjoy joking that “if Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy,” but the joke isn’t as funny as Mr. Shaw is true: a happy family is that blessed glimmer of heaven’s glory. And it’s marvelous. We’ve…
I am thankful for airplanes. Airplanes that criss-cross the continent and allow all the appendages of my family to convene in on semi-central location. We flew from Atlanta, from North Carolina, and from British Columbia to descend upon Arizona — that’s only about twenty-six hours of flying among the five travelers (round trip) instead of…
The #kittierescue (you can follow the journey via hashtag on Instagram) effort began with a hissing alpha-kitten, a quivering runt-of-the-litter, and a missing mommy-cat. Armed with leather gloves, a bulky-sleeved sweat shirt, and a towel-lined box, I pulled the litter out of their cubby in the chicken coop and started bottle-feeding. After a few challenging…
Although this has been the summer of convalescence (see my open thank you letter to the doctors, nurses, family, and friends during my appendicitis and hospitalizations), it will be evermore defined in my memory as the summer I was blessed abundantly. Words will never do justice to the beautiful care and love I have received…
Oh, what a summer this has been. Off to a rousing start, John & I toured Maui, Darbey and Noah came to visit Vancouver, I hosted my first (and definitely not last!) Shoot Out with some of the most fabulous photographers around, I rescued three orphaned kitties, and all was right in the world. Then…
I love having guests come visit me from my homeland of North Carolina. We band together drinking sweet tea and speaking in exaggerated drawls and spreading “ya’lls” like there’s no tomorrow. I make them eat a Tim Hortons donut. I beg them to try poutine. I show off my mountains. I take them to the…
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