If At First You Don’t Succeed…

I grew up on old sayings. My parents and grandmother used them frequently. And they meant something. You’ve heard me say in several of my other blogs that I loved many of Ma Ingalls sayings in The Little House On The Prairie books. Here are a few old sayings:...

Buzzwords

I am hearing new buzzwords every time I turn on the TV. Wikipedia says, “A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes popular for a period of time.” Intentional Living— is one of these new phrases. Wikipedia says,...

The Garden Life

The garden life— One of my favorite YouTubers uses that term a lot. Her channel is all about gardening inside and outside our homes and making relaxing spaces. You can check her channel out by googling Linda Vater. I’m understanding that term more and more as I...

Miss Hickory: Remembering Great Books From Childhood

Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, was a Newbery Award winner copyrighted in 1946. As a young girl in the 1960’s I don’t remember how I came upon this book in our school library, but somehow I found it and read it alone in the quiet of my bedroom. I...