Most people who know me know how much I love thrift stores. Not just love, but LOVE.  One of the most relaxing, fun things I can think of to do is gather up a few spare dollars and take myself off to one of my favorite stores and just putter around for an hour. I love knowing that around the next corner or on the…

I thought you might enjoy this one-minute clip of Steve and I performing a song I wrote when Nathan was about three years old. It’s called Rain of the Refreshing. If you’re wondering what in the world Steve is singing, it’s called a vocalized bass line.  He actually sings what a bass guitar would play if the song used instruments.  He’s always been able to…

For about a week now, we have had the most blissfully lovely weather here on the Outer Banks. And for about a week now, I only been able to gaze mournfully at those mornings outside my window because I was too sick to go outside and enjoy them.…

Last Thursday I had my monthly Orencia infusion and a couple of hours later I had a raging sore throat and a cough which has stuck with me for the past six days and was also joined by laryngitis, fatigue, weakness, and a double ear infection.  Because of feeling so wobbly and unwell, I have barely left the house except for one trip to my…