One of the big things in our family is family dinners. We try to eat together every night, but with two college students and a high schooler in marching bad, that isn’t always so easy. Still we manage to eat together more nights than not. My boys like food and I like to cook, so all it all that works out pretty well. I’m no Master Chef contestant, but they like what I cook. And … Continue reading →
As the only female in a house full of men–and no the dog doesn’t count!–I often feel at a loss for things pretty. I can do without pink and lacy and frilly, but pretty, that I need. Especially in my work space. There in lies the problem. I share an office with my husband. He arranged the room as only an engineer armed with graph paper and a tape measure could. I bet you wouldn’t … Continue reading →
We have a house full of cats and a dog who thinks she a momma-cat. They all have their own proper names. But they’ve also got multiple nicknames each. I may just incorporate a few of these regency Era slang terms as new nicknames for them! Cat Grimalkin. Tibby. Ram Cat. A he cat. Gib Cat. A northern name for a he-cat, there commonly called Gilbert. Cherry-coloured Cat. A black cat, their being black cherries as well as red. Smellers. A … Continue reading →
There are a thousand things to be done to prepare to leave Kellynch and all of them seem to fall upon Anne. ANNE TRUDGED UP THE steps, a heavy ledger tucked under her arm. Portraits, she was cataloguing portraits today. Just one more in an unending stream of tasks Elizabeth saw fit to assign her. Count the silver, record the books, and oversee the packing of Mother’s china and crystal. Oh, yes, the condition of … Continue reading →
Inside out, upside down, and backward. I could leave it right there and have painted an accurate description of my last week. Dad had day surgery scheduled for Monday, so I got up early to manage a few things before getting him to the hospital. When I got back from my morning run I found middle son feeding a very happy dog a bowl of dog biscuits as there was no dog food in the house, … Continue reading →
