What a Snow Day is Good For... It's Simply Good
I don't know why I still think of it as a snow day; it is simply a day full of snow and for that I am grateful. I mostly took the opportunity to work from home, which I often do anyway. Mostly, I have...
View ArticleLet it Snow, Let it Snow
I have to admit that having two major snow storms in as many weeks has left me feeling a bit discombobulated. Though I often get a charge from shaking up my routine, when something shakes it up for me...
View ArticleDrum roll, please....
I did it. Or I'm doing it. Or something like that. Tracy Million Simmons (author page)
View ArticleSunday Book Review....
Nah, just kidding. I'm moving my book reviews to my author page. If you've stopped by, check it out. My first novel is now available in both print and as an ebook. Or... join the Virtual Book Tour......
View ArticleThinking Out Loud About Blog Direction: Unschooling, and Life
So the hubby asked if he should take this blog off his to-read list and I said, "No. Not yet. There's still a lot of stuff bubbling around inside my head and who knows when I will decide I need a spot...
View ArticleThey asked, "What do you want to do for Mother's Day?"
...and I said I wanted to go to the castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It's been on my list of things to see for years. What a lovely weekend with my family. It was perfect!
View ArticleMoving my Musings
I've decided to move my musings to my new site altogether. I'm not taking this site down, but obviously am spreading myself thin, so will be blogging about writing pursuits, books and probably even...
View ArticleThe year to come...
Image from www. mashable.com Once upon a time I was the self-proclaimed Queen of New Year's resolutions. Actually, I think a friend first called me that, but I latched on to the title and did not...
View ArticleHappy 23rd Anniversary to My One and Only
So the truth is, I never meant to fall in love. Not in happily-ever-after-till-death-do-us-part love, anyway. I had this idea, at the ripe old age of 18, that a woman didn’t need marriage… didn’t need...
View ArticleA Never Ending Awe
Munchkin Boy, my baby, is thirteen now. When I back him up against the fancy-schmancey "family tree" where I've marked the tops of kid heads for nearly 18 years, he's almost 3/4 of an inch taller than...
View ArticleHaving Fun
I pulled out a photo book at random. It covered most of 2007, and a bit of 2008. The hubby and I flipped through the pages, enjoying the mini walk down memory lane, wondering at how much our three...
View ArticleInspiration at a Funeral
I went to a funeral on Friday. The deceased was the grandfather of a friend. He was also a client of the hubby's. I'd met him a few times. I remembered him as a very friendly man who was very proud of...
View ArticleMisery and Happiness
It takes a certain amount of effort to be miserable. It simply takes a different kind of effort to be happy. These are not Ann Patchett's exact words, but I've been reading Ann Patchett and this...
View ArticleSorting through the Voices in My Head
Sometimes I find myself sorting through a whole slew of responses, inside my head, that are not actually my own. I was sitting at the table when my middle kid (age 15) came in from a bike ride this...
View ArticleAnticipating Change and Enjoying the Creative Fuel it Brings
I've always maintained the belief that creativity begets creativity. Writing, painting, composing... it doesn't matter the form. One creative act leads to ideas for at least two more. Most of the time...
View Article18 Years of Parenting
She didn't come with a set of instructions. We just sort of muddled through, picking up the details we needed to know along the way, understanding that we would make mistakes and need forgiving. She...
View ArticleMissing
Sometimes I really miss the person who had time to devote to blogging all that was inside her head. Sometimes when I feel I have the time these days, I just sit and stare at the screen. Then I turn the...
View ArticleWith a Year's Worth of Stuff Bottled Up Inside My Head
So it is just over a year since I have attempted to blog here. Just over a year since I have given myself the power and freedom to just dump whatever it is, inside my head, out on the page. I thought I...
View ArticleAnother birthday near...
I was surprised today when I saw that my Facebook profile said I was 44 years old. I have been calling myself 45 since 2015 began. It's easier to remember when I roll my age forward with the year....
View ArticleIf it's all bad, maybe you should take a look in the mirror...
I just went to the website of a local store that I really like. I like them because the employees are all so attentive! They are friendly and helpful. They have gone out of the way for me several times...
View ArticleMeeting the Future
Me: doing a victory song and dance after installing a "self-healing" shield on my new camera (aka smart phone) "I've got military grade technology on my phone." Daughter Evie: "You realize you had...
View ArticleMiss Nancy Pants Simmons, The Dog Who Didn't Wear Pants
Nancy Spring 2007 - October 4, 2015 She chose us in the fall of 2007. We had been in Emporia just over a year and the hubby came back in the house just after leaving from work one morning. "There's a...
View ArticleSo for a few days in March I was feeling poetic...
Windy Day Today I take the usual walkfrom office to post office to bank,but when I close my eyes I am seven,feet upon dirt roads of my childhoodhome in western Kansas,arms...
View ArticlePhone Note Poetry: Installment 2
Spring Morning On this spring morning icy pellets swirl, the sharp edge of yesterday's wind intimidates, urges me to turn around, seek warmth, stay inside. I walk anyway, cold burns my skin, fists...
View Articlephone note haiku
pear blossom in springcan't escape winter's blanketsnuggles still beneath
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