by Susan | Dec 15, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
This is the view from our bedroom window. The first thing we do every morning is peak out and see if there is “happy smoke.” Happy smoke from the chimney means that all is working well, we didn’t run out of wood overnight, and the house is toasty...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2013 | On My Mind
December is here and the holiday festivities have begun, but the Christmas Spirit hasn’t quite settled in yet. Maybe it’s my crazy schedule or something else, but I find myself searching for that essence of Joy. We made a concerted effort this weekend to...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2013 | On My Mind
I created this Owl Be Home For Christmas tree (pictured far right) for the Women’s Health Resource Library’s Christmas Tree Auction & Festival. For weeks I worked on these owls in snippets of stolen time here and there. When I delivered my finished tree to the...
by Susan | Dec 2, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Her first high school basketball game. Funny, I thought I was done with basketball bleacher warming after elementary school. Not so. Tonight she was a Narraguagus Lady Knight on the JV team. She was nervous and excited and so proud to wear her uniform. So here’s...
by Susan | Nov 28, 2013 | On My Mind
The turkey is roasting and the pie has been baked. I sit here at my spot on the sofa, reflecting on this Thanksgiving afternoon, my family enjoying a quiet day beside me. It’s been a busy couple of weeks and I’m liking this sojourn together. I appreciate...
by Susan | Nov 26, 2013 | On My Mind
I have created this Owl Be Home for Christmas Tree for an auction that will benefit a local non-profit group. This 3′ tall table-top Christmas tree features ten of my original felt owl ornaments. Each ornament is double-sided with feet fashioned from wire and...
by Susan | Nov 20, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Hannah’s excitement of the day was catching this moose with her iPod camera. I envision every kid on the school bus crammed over to one side with their iPods and phones pressed to the bus windows!
by Susan | Oct 31, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Hannah has decided that at 14, she’s too old for trick-or-treating on Halloween. Now we’re on to haunted trails and such. Still, it’s fun to remember the good old days! Happy Halloween!
by Susan | Oct 28, 2013 | On My Mind
The focus on Breast Cancer Awareness Month has me thinking a lot about cancer. I’ve run, walked, and raised money for The Cure along with millions of others over the years, yet there is still no cure. Huge amounts of money are raised every year, but less than...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Don’t blink, Hannah’s wearing pink! Look closely, because you may never see her in this color again. It was the Volley for the Cure event that got her into such a “girly” color. I think pink suits her. Mom, Hannah wanted it made clear that you...
by Susan | Sep 19, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
I stumbled across this picture of Hannah and I taken at a wedding back in 2007. She was eight at the time. The photo was in an archive of the wedding images taken by someone else and I’d not seen it before. Discovering it felt a bit like Christmas morning.
by Susan | Sep 18, 2013 | On My Mind
Summer Frost. Those two words seem incongruous, but while there’s still a few days of summer left, twice I’ve had to scrape the frost from my car window in the morning. My Moonflower on Sunday… My Moonflower on Tuesday morning when the thermometer read 36...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2013 | On My Mind
This is how I felt on Sunday. All I wanted to do was curl up in my hammock and take a snooze in the late summer sun. But, the squirrels ate my hammock last summer. So I lazed on the porch, puttering in the yard here and there when guilt over my laziness set in. While...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Today was the first day of high school for Hannah. Hand me a tissue, please. She is now a Lady Knight, playing JV Volleyball at Narraguagus High School. Today was her first high school sporting event and first ever volleyball match. She played one match and scored a...
by Susan | Aug 6, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Why does fourteen seem so much older than thirteen? Today we celebrated Hannah’s fourteenth birthday. I’m troubled by the passing of this day – more so than any birthday before. Maybe it’s because she’s entering high school next month, no longer a little girl in...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2013 | On My Mind
At 4:00 a.m. the only thing awake with me is a lone bullfrog boinging like a banjo, the sound echoing in the stillness. Moments later, the Colonel starts crowing, echoed by Clover. The ducks rouse and talk amongst themselves with low raspy quacks. Before long the...
by Susan | Jul 26, 2013 | On My Mind
We are fortunate to have a wonderful summer camp program run by EdGE, a program of the Maine Sea Coast Mission. Hannah has been attending the EdGE after school and summer programs for years. As a rising high school freshman, this is her last year to participate in the...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2013 | On My Mind
Is there anything sweeter than a fawn? Until she grows up and discovers my garden? These deer were grazing across the road. What are the chances they’ll stay in that field?
by Susan | Jul 18, 2013 | On My Mind
by Susan | Jul 17, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Today is my father’s birthday. With me living so far away, the times we spent this day together have been far and few between. I can’t be there today, but I’m planning a visit to Pennsylvania next month. (Hopefully – between camp, braces and volleyball practice!) My...
