Woohoo! Soon I’ll get photos of all these items as part of an actual outfit up too. Yeah technology:)
Categories
Author: Elizabeth Grant
Love to write, fence, teach, cook, sing, work, travel, dance, love, and blog!
Categories
Photos of Finds
Experimenting with getting photos of some of my favorite finds up on the blog.
Cinnamon is one of my favorite smells associated with Christmas. I enjoy luring loved ones away from their gifts or out of bed on Christmas morning with freshly baked yummies. But if you’ve stayed up too late wrapping gifts or watching the Norad Santa Tracker the night before, you might want something easy to prepare […]
Categories
Books I Love…
Although this is a holiday season of celebrations, there are still people with hidden hurts that need comfort or encouragement. I’m including a list of books I have read in times of need, as I have been searching for answers or for fun that have proven to be uplifting when I have felt discouraged. What […]
Categories
For Fun
What do I do for fun? It’s a little twisted, but I shop for second-hand clothes… at thrift stores, and I love it! My AHA! moment came after I spent almost a whole day looking for an outfit to wear at a mega mall and was in tears that I couldn’t find anything I liked […]
Categories
Canyon sanctum
Step over nine beetles beneath deaf aspen applause…
Categories
Quit Being So Mean!
I’m aching to plan a funeral for meanness. Unfortunately it’s alive and kicking. One example from my own life is a neighbor telling hateful lies about my religion and personal life to some of the other neighbors and threatening to call the police on our children playing outside. Possible responses run the gamut of insults, […]
Categories
End Of Summer
The lightening storm last night burned up all the heat of summer. Today autumn blew in from the north and I wore a jacket on my morning walk. The geese have been honking their way south for a few days, and school has been in session officially for two weeks. But even though I’ve complained […]
Lately, news of friends divorcing seems to be ramping up. My brother’s divorce is now complete, a dear cousin’s second husband left her, a friend from years ago was divorced by his wife after she had a stroke. Perhaps I want to be different, perhaps I believe in commitment, perhaps I’m afraid of the unknown, […]
Categories
Road Trip Tragedy
Driving long distances on our summer road-trips would have been much more tedious if I didn’t find the open expanse of the west soothing. Fortunately the unobstructed sky and billowing clouds fascinate me. So do the miles of sandstone cliffs worn by time and the elements, hardscrabble plants defying expectations and those mesmerizing yellow lines […]