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Decoration Day
My mother tells me that when she was a little girl on “Decoration Day” it was the tradition for families in their community to go to the local cemetery to freshen up the graves of their loved ones. I have always been fascinated by cemeteries, especially old ones. It is interesting to me to read the memorial stones and think…
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First Camping Trip of the Season
It was not an auspicious beginning. For several weeks we (and by “we” I mean mostly Lyle) had been working on our vintage trailer. We de-winterized it and cleaned it. Lyle repaired the roof in a couple of places. And then he took on the project of replacing the wheels and tires. Finally, we decided it was ready to take…
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In the Quiet of the Morning
In an effort to get more exercise I’ve been going for early morning walks around my neighborhood. I don’t know if it really counts as exercise since they are really more like short, leisurely strolls than power walks. I wish I enjoyed exercising. Maybe I will come to enjoy it if I keep forcing myself to do it. At least…
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Mother’s Day is Not About Me
As a preacher’s kid, it seems like the focus of Mother’s Day when I was growing up had to do with the Sunday morning service. I don’t remember specifically doing anything for my own mother, though I’m sure we did. Rather, my memories are of Dad having all the mothers assemble at the front of the sanctuary to be presented…
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Of Writers and Coffee
Six years ago I had the privilege of attending the Northwest Christian Writers’ conference with my friend Susan Marlow. That year I took the Greyhound bus over to Seattle, which was an adventure itself. I learned so much at the conference and enjoyed it thoroughly, but scheduling conflicts and other circumstances prohibited me from attending again. Until this year. Several months ago…
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April in Review
While we aren’t yet having as much sunshine as I would like–it’s been a very rainy, gray spring following a very snowy, gray winter–the daylight hours are longer and the temps are a little warmer, so we are getting out-and-about a little more. Here are the highlights for April… Weather in Rathdrum, Idaho for April 2017: Temperature High: 66 Temperature…
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Update on My Spring Goals
Some of my friends have asked how I’m doing on my Spring “Bucket” List. I think I should have added “blog more than once a week” to my list, but maybe it’s just as well I didn’t, because I may not have been able to accomplish that. However, I’m making pretty good progress on the activities that are on my…
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Shoshone Falls in the Spring
A few weeks ago Lyle began to talk about how beautiful Shoshone Falls is this year. He follows several Idaho scenery accounts on Instagram and he kept showing me pictures. “We should go down and see it one weekend,” he said. Let’s see. It’s about a 9-and-a-half-hour drive so… um, yeah, I guess we could theoretically fit it in two…
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Almost Like a Mini-Cruise
I’ve never actually been on a cruise. Lyle and I like traveling by car so well that I don’t know that we will ever go on a cruise. I won’t say never, but it’s not something on our bucket lists. However, we’ve discovered that we do enjoy taking the Seattle Ferry across Puget Sound, and that’s kinda like a mini-cruise.…
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March in Review
Weather in Rathdrum, Idaho for March 2017: Temperature High: 57 Temperature Low: 17 Breakfast Dates on Saturdays: Jack in the Box Denny’s Other Social Activities: Sunday evening service in our home each week Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce luncheon (on the third Thursday of the month) Recreational Activities: Day trip along the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River to see the…
