Warming sans plate a scavengers dinner awaits…
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Author: Elizabeth Grant
Love to write, fence, teach, cook, sing, work, travel, dance, love, and blog!
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Vacations
I know myself by my schedule. When I’m at home I have a routine, the people I interact with, the chores and tasks and daily driving routs that order my life. We go to the library, grocery store, work, church, school etc. and the boundaries are set, I am defined. Then comes vacation time, and […]
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Grieving
It’s so curious: one can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses. Colette […]
The 4th of July always makes me think of summer backyard picnics at Grandma Caldwell’s Meadville, Pennsylvania home. Whether braving a scratch to find a ripe raspberry, riding the mower over the immense lawn, avoiding bees in the attic to seek hidden treasures, hunting fireflies, or fishing on Tamarac Lake, we always seemed to be […]
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Earth Day – April 22
One day I told my kids that I believe in saving the world after expecting them to recycle something, rather than throw it away. They rolled their eyes and gave me the ‘You’re weird, Mom’ look. But making one small change at a time can make a big difference. So let’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. For me, […]
It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer […]
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April Fool’s Day – April 1
Did you know that the new year used to be celebrated on April 1st? If you think about spring and new growth, this makes sense. When the Christian world changed to the Gregorian calendar, the new year began on January 1, and then the fun began. Because the world lacked internet and global news distribution, […]
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St. Patrick’s Day – March 17
O.K., so we have this celebration today, late but better than never. I must confess that I have a different perspective on St. Patrick’s Day this year. I grew up thinking that I was Irish, and every year we celebrated with corned beef and cabbage in March. This year, however, I found out that […]
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Can I Have A Dog?
My daughter regularly asks me questions as I’m tucking her into bed, the most common one is “Can I have a dog?” For a variety of reason I would love to be able to bring a dog home for her, for more practical reasons the answer needs to be “No,” for now. […]
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Unleashed
I don’t have a dog so I walk myself…