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Conversation in my Boat

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. Boating interview, while boating Me: Is that a fish? G: Maybe Me: I think the seaweed makes the lure look more realistic, don’t you think? G, pulling seaweed off the lure: No, fish aren’t coveredContinue reading “Conversation in my Boat”

How are you?

How’s it going? How are things? Fine. Fine? Good Well… Whenever I answer this question there’s always more, but I don’t usually want to get into it. Fine, OK, good… How are YOU all feeling? Is it a bit of a weird question. Personal? Always changing? Actually, it’s a good question for me to askContinue reading “How are you?”

Let’s talk about my boat

Want to? The ocean has just opened up for us. Why? because we now have a M O T O R on my boat. This new development has changed things up! Who knew? Cruising around our little inlet and beyond, is a pretty fun way to spend the evening. Plus it’s beautiful

Daily

I do a few things daily to improve the quality of my life. I have learned the importance of little daily habits. There was a time when I was young and could get away with all sorts of less than healthy things. It’s possible I spent too many days trying to undo my discomfort dueContinue reading “Daily”

Inspiration

Sometimes I need is a little something. Today I scrolled through Pinterest looking for nothing in particular. Just something… The news today was full of dangerous weather, election coverage, war updates. There’s a constant reminder of summer ending. (People take this pretty hard around here). Seasons, man, who knew?! It’s not even 7:30 and I’veContinue reading “Inspiration”

Time of day

I love mornings But I also love warm summer evenings Yesterday we went to this beautiful organic farm for an event they called Farm Fest. The place is beautiful. They had live music, cooked pizza in the onsite pizza oven with ingredients grown on the farm. As the sun dropped below the horizon, the warmthContinue reading “Time of day”

A Recipe for Disaster

Or a fun family favorite. Some days it hard to tell. I once read a book called ‘A Homemade Life’ by Molly Wiesenberg. It became my favorite cookbook. Several recipes from this book became repeat family favorites. Molly’s ratatouille is the best one I’ve had. Her recipes are all explained very well, with easy toContinue reading “A Recipe for Disaster”

The last thing I got excited about…

I guess probably chatting with the kids about the first day of school. I’ve never missed this first day before. That nervous walk after the busy lunch making, breakfast eating, hair combing, new shoes and new backpacks, pet feeding crazy getting ready morning. This year summer ended early, school started Wednesday. I’m out east andContinue reading “The last thing I got excited about…”

Form and function

How would you design the city of the future? There’s a town nearby that was bought by an artist. The story goes that he met with some success and started buying up buildings one by one. He renovated them and rented them out to businesses. He bought all the homes and renovated them and rentedContinue reading “Form and function”

Its the Little Things

What motivates you? I decided to make sauce from our little tomato harvest. Too many came ripe at the same time. All the neighbors are having a similar garden bonanza, so with my friend’s eggplant and zucchini we are having a nice Italian feast tonight. It’s not a lot of sauce. Not enough to bottle,Continue reading “Its the Little Things”