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I have truly come to believe that things happen for a reason. People come into your life to teach you, to enrich your experience on this earth, to make your days brighter or sometimes a lesson is learned through the pain of meeting the “wrong” person. All of these things were meant to be; to happen, specifically […]

What a wonderful evening! The perfect end to a long holiday weekend. I was given a rare opportunity to attend a traditional Swedish, Christmas Tasting. A smorgasbord of authentic Swedish foods. When I first received the invite from a close friend, I immediately knew I would like to attend. Not only for the food, but for the […]

Another gloriously bright morning, and I am enjoying a little quiet, before the day begins. Today is a special day; Thanksgiving day, but I must confess, Thanksgiving has always been my least favorite holiday. I am not overly crazy about turkey and all the fixings. Pie isn’t one of my favorite desserts, and I’m not […]

As you can guess, my house is one of my greatest passions. When we moved into this place 15 years ago, I was a young woman, in a new relationship, who had never lived outside my parents home. I had never run my own household, done my own grocery shopping, cleaned my own place, painted or […]

Mondays tend to be such a busy day! I’m not sure if they are really that much busier than any other day, or if it is the transition from the weekend. Today I left the house in darkness, and returned in darkness. And so I am still feeling daylight savings, Thanksgiving is a few short […]

The sun is pouring through my quiet kitchen. Frost sparkles on the grass, and our rooster A2 (as in, Abraham the 2nd) crows his wakeup call. I love sunday mornings. One of the rare times I actually can sit, in the quiet. Our lives are busy, to say the least, but sundays are my gem. […]