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AAUUUGH! August

The good news is that our new house was completed in August and we got to move into it! (I now have my very own office, in which to write!) The bad news is that I didn’t have time to write in August. I’d never seen so many boxes gathered in one place in all… Continue Reading

Juicy June

To me, June in Kentucky means homegrown tomatoes and fresh corn on the cob—it was a delicious month! It also means the return of “my” hummingbirds. How I missed them over the winter! It means the clean, subtle scent of day lilies… and lazy afternoons on the lake… Did I say I wanted to be… Continue Reading

May Flowers

May arrived without realizing it: For a week straight, heavy April rains continued. Then, someone must’ve elbowed May and whispered, “Wake up! You’re on!” And May did. The sun came out, and Kentucky welcomed her with the kind of hospitality we’re known for. My husband and daughter strung our little boat slip with white lights,… Continue Reading

April Showers

Thankfully, April arrived in Kentucky. Trees that had been battered and broken by the ice storms somehow managed to sprout leaves in the most hopeful shade of green. Cherry trees blossomed pale pink. Forsythia bushes erupted bright yellow. Daffodils and tulips pushed up through the darkness and dirt, poked their heads out, and held their… Continue Reading

March Madness

I get caught up in my own stuff sometimes. Maybe we all do—gosh, I hope it isn’t just me! Anyway, that’s what happened in March. By March, winter had taken its toll on the landscape, and on my spirit. It was worse than usual. If bone-cold weather, gray skies, and shades of brown weren’t enough… Continue Reading