My Journal

My Kaley spends hours holding (and sometimes annoying) our 7 week old kittens. My kids have named them Smoky, Stripe, and Shadow. Before the oldest 3 leave for school, some of them are outside playing with them. And when the van pulls in after school, they can't wait...

Well, as of 5:01 this morning, I have now added another year to my age -- which sum shall be untold -- though I was born in the year 1970 :-)Yep, that's right. Right smack dab in the middle of double knit and flower children, I made my world debut (although I don't...

"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."John Donne

Today is the 1st day of September, and I feel autumn calling my name. Here in the northeast where I live, there is a peculiar, indefinable something that spills the secret, whispering in softest tones that the seasons are about to change. It's a certain scent in the...

This week has been one that I wish could be changed. Monday, August 27, was my children's 1st day of school for the year. After breakfast at The Dutch House with another mom from my church, I was heading into my day of grocery shopping. While making a quick stop for a...

Stewart, the fisherman. Stewart and his cousin Josh.Some of the girl cousins soaking their feet in the lake.The ones who started it all -- Vinton and Helen Quesenberry.

We had a nice time with my husband's family in Tennessee. We grilled chicken by the lake on Thursday, talked, played games. The cousins had fun hanging out together -- at least, my girls did. Stewart spent most of Thursday evening with a fishing pole in his hand. He...

This week, we are going to East Tennessee to a family reunion. My husband's family -- the Quesenberry clan -- has dispersed so much that it has now become necessary to have an established time to meet, rather than rely on holidays. So, we will be in the country of the...

I have an affinity for city lights. I recall standing in the quiet shadows of the kitchen on the 2nd floor of the GBS Girls' Dorm, reveling in the glowing expanse of Cincinnati at night stretched out before me. While I'm a country girl by "raising," I find that my...