Selling our white elephant December 29, 2014 I just got a call from Kerry Leider. The Central High property sale has gone through. My disclosure of the price did not scotch… Continue Reading
When our better angels songs grow faint December 26, 2014 My dove of peace still holds up a sprig of olive in its beak but it will probably melt away and drop it soon…. Continue Reading
12th Day of Christmas December 25, 2014 This is an early Santa my Mom made and an angel bearing a Christmas Tree that was made closer to the end of her… Continue Reading
11th Day of Christmas B December 24, 2014 Older women will remember the magazine Harper’s Bazaar. It was the inspiration for the store my Mother and a dozen other Mankato woman formed… Continue Reading
11th Day of Christmas A December 24, 2014 I’ll post one more image of my Mother’s Christmas Ornaments tomorrow and explain the significance to my family of the Twelve Days of Christmas…. Continue Reading
10th Day of Christmas B December 23, 2014 This is my Christmas jigsaw puzzle. I’m not sure how many years I’ve taken over Claudia’s sun room to work on them but its… Continue Reading
10th Day of Christmas A December 23, 2014 Well, there is only one thing my readers will be interested in and that is the big meeting to discuss the difficulties this Board… Continue Reading
9th Day of Christmas December 22, 2014 This is what I should be thinking about today. My Mother made this the year my daughter began taking the school bus up the… Continue Reading
8th Day of Christmas B December 21, 2014 I twice asked her to run for the School Board. Judy donated to a couple of my campaigns even my hair brained campaign to… Continue Reading
8th Day of Christmas A December 21, 2014 I’ve already been up once today reviewing my blog for mention of the things which could get me kicked off the Duluth School Board…. Continue Reading
7th Day of Christmas B December 20, 2014 While my Grandson was conquering the world in our enthusiastic game of Risk I got a call on my cell. It was the District’s… Continue Reading
7th Day of Christmas A December 20, 2014 My Mother’s inspiration for this ornament was the daughter of one of her friends and fellow Harpies, as the co-owners of her boutique called… Continue Reading
6th Day of Christmas December 19, 2014 When I just popped over the the Damiano Soup Kitchen there were more than enough volunteers from our church to serve food so I… Continue Reading
Fifth Day of Christmas B December 18, 2014 Tonight my daughter invited me to take advantage of her educator’s discount at a Scholastic Books sale. I was looking for books I might… Continue Reading
5th Day of Christmas December 18, 2014 I’m imperfect. That is something we all are encouraged to accept in the message of the man whose birth we celebrate at this time… Continue Reading
4th Day of Christmas December 17, 2014 Even when I was little and my Mother made her first tiny paper mache angles she began using other materials where the mache was… Continue Reading
3rd Day of Christmas B December 16, 2014 I started on this last night at 9:30 when the falling snow began to stick to the sidewalk as the temps dipped toward freezing…. Continue Reading
3rd Day of Christmas A December 16, 2014 I’m the curator of my Mother’s Art and would some day like to print a little coffee table book of her work. I looked… Continue Reading
2nd Day of Christmas C December 16, 2014 Thanks Mom. I sent out a request for graphic ideas that suggested miracles. Maybe it was my Mom who sent it to me from… Continue Reading
2nd Day of Christmas B December 15, 2014 Yesterday we took our Grandson’s Christmas Tree hunting at Selins on the Homestead Road. I warned the boys we would have to proceed quietly… Continue Reading
