Remember those times, sitting on the porch, conversation flows from one thing to another? Its a perfect fit for this category of blog posts and it pairs with our exclusive online community also named The Front Porch. Here you can read our thoughts and chime in with comments and there, you can chat with us and any others who are “on the porch”.
This summer, the country turns 250 years old. There will be fireworks and parades and a lot of noise about what that means. And in the middle of all of it, I will be out in my gray shed cutting and finishing the handmade wood pieces I planned for this season of...
Can you believe we are here thinking about Valentine's Day? I swear, the years get shorter the older I get. And while it almost seems criminal to be planning out my next holiday, the childlike part of me is thrilled. Because I love Valentine's Day. As a child, my...
I want to preface this by stating a disclaimer: there are a million holiday bucket lists out there. Most will have the same few items on there, and I can't deny that there will be a few repeats on this list (after all, those bucket lists are full of fun activities,...
Halloween has only just passed, and my brain is already shifting into all things Christmas. Gingerbread, nutcrackers (which have become my new festive obsession), cute forest animals wearing mittens (you know, the shelf-sitters at Target that are so stinkin' cute?),...
"The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for."Norman Vincent Peale With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the words thankful, blessed, and grateful will be everywhere. On t-shirts, wall decor, mugs - every woman with an...
Wood ducks arrive at our Alabama pond in the Fall and Winter months. Here’s our first glimpse of them in 2019.
We seem to have our own private "Turtletopia". Our pond is swarming with a variety of turtles. I love watching them and trying to discover more about them. Up to now, I've only rarely seen one outside a pet shop or someone's aquarium. These days, it is part of the...
In the past, I wrote about my passion for reading the "Cat Who" series of novels by Lilian Jackson Braun and puzzled over why the series trailed off in such a deflated way. I pondered with the rest of her fans about whether or not the series was continued by a ghost...
I get a huge kick out of the quirky behavior of my dog Lucky and her sidekick Ramses. Both pets are hard luck stories. Lucky, came to us many years ago. Found abandoned in the woods, emaciated and suffering from a wicked case of mange. We thought she had no hope...
As I write this, there is a lot of stress from a recent job change, just getting into a new routine. Not really a bad kind of stress (is there really such a thing as good stress?) but just stress from a stuffed schedule, logistical matters, that kind of thing. I...
