Grandchildren Blog Posts
Do You Have Room?
I was reading an article in the Washington Post that compiled nurse interviews from ICU and ER units in hospitals across the country. The quote that jumped out at me was “there is no room left, essentially, and I think that’s really what people don’t understand.”
Synchronized Healing
The news is daily warning us of the impending spike in COVID cases. We have COVID positive family members, so we did not gather at my sister’s as is the norm for Thanksgiving. The after Thanksgiving spike forebodings sent me barreling back to old, old memories of my first Thanksgiving after divorce twenty plus years ago.
Good For You and So Easy Muffins
I was recently visiting my oldest son’s home for an extended few days, my birthday present! I reveled in cooking and baking their favorites.
Sunshine Sheets
How can we bring rejuvenating hope back into our lives during these dark, confining days of quarantine? My youngest granddaughter has reminded me how!
Yay! I’m on Trend.
Cottage Style is the latest “trend” in lifestyle from decor, to food, to fashion. Blame it on COVID quarantining, but I’m finally “on trend!”
Contagion
Why is fear spread exponentially faster than love?
How does a contagion spread?
Garden Rooms
Texas gets an undeserved bad rap for gardens because of our extremely hot summers with temperatures soaring into the 100s for days at a time. My garden is here to debunk these misconceptions.
Stitched Together Memories
I’m at the tail-end of making Christmas quilts for my grandchildren. This project started last January when Christmas themed material was on clearance.
Merry, Hardworking Marigolds
I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how effective marigolds are as companion plants in a vegetable garden, because they’re particularly effective against root-knot nematodes as well as a deterrent to unwanted foraging worm or insect activity.
Respect Your Elders
Holidays are a time of gathering, even in this crazy upside-down pandemic infested season. Whichever way we gather, we do so around our elders, gifting them with respect and validation for their best practices in raising us.