I didn’t know there was so much joy in a morning.  Hot tea.  Full sun.  Ellie sitting beside me ‘reading’ her book and drinking her juice while I sip my tea and think about the art of writing.  I am reminded of a quote I put at the top of my To Do list in … Continue reading A Dew-Drop, Perfect Chocolate Truffle Moment

Death is the most final of topics.  Slightly less scary to consider than giving a presentation to a room full of people.  Speaking of which, my brother Tony wrote and delivered the Eulogy for my sweet, stubborn Grammie Orser Sunday.  He's a writer and a good preacher too, who knew?  Anyhoo.  Grammie was 97.  God wanted … Continue reading The Great Grammie Debate

"There are no great acts, only small acts done in great love."  Mother Theresa.I’d like to teach yoga.  I got my certificate just after Ellie was born, 200 hours of Kundalini teacher training, level one.  Since there doesn’t seem to be any Kundalini Yoga teachers within 500 miles, I figure I have a good chance … Continue reading Unfolding Myself

It’s 9:12pm New Years Eve Night.  My husband is watching football in his office.  My parents are upstairs watching what they watch.  Dick Clark maybe.  Isn’t he dead?  Hopefully not.Ellie is asleep, miraculously, through the fireworks the neighbors are setting off.  I don’t know what it is about Texans and loud, gawd-awful noises but they … Continue reading A love letter for the New Year

Having mom and dad here for Christmas has been AWESOME.  Someone to talk to in the morning who isn’t in a bad mood when they wake up?  SUBLIME.  I wake up wishing Ellie would sleep in a little longer but otherwise excited to get the day started.  I don’t know why.  Each day is more of the … Continue reading Friendly Bubonic Plague, Messy Breakfasts, The Sunshine of Ellie-Belle

Christmas is nothing if not a big ball ‘o sparkly, shiny, sappy awesomeness.  Unless you’re completely alone this time of year in which case…it’s more like a small nugget of potential sparkly, shiny, sappy awesomeness.  Which may be the best kind of sparkliness there is, let’s be honest.I do tend to get my hopes high … Continue reading Taking a Look at Ange’s Sparkly Bits

I’m late with my entry today.  I wasn’t hit by a Mack truck Saturday night but it sure felt like it.  You see, my sweet Ellie-belle had the flu Thursday.  She was better so quick, eating normally by supper-time Thursday that I doubted it was the flu at all but maybe her canines coming in. … Continue reading Mack Trucks, Toilet Cycling, Good Things

Socrates said:  My advice to you is to get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.  Ouch.  One of history’s first really good burns.  Because he WAS married.  Her name was Xanthippe and she was quite a bit younger than our Philosopher King.  We don’t know … Continue reading Socrates is Kind of a Jerk and Congress is full of Zombies

Seth MacFarlane IS the next Frank Sinatra.  I’m listening to his new album, No One Ever Tells You and let me tell YOU, old blue eyes is in for some competition.  Yeah.  I just said that.And yes, the guy behind ‘Family Guy’ and ‘Ted’.  I KNOW, I know.  His humor may be lewd and crude but it’s … Continue reading Seth Seems to Say don’t Stay in your Stagnant Size Small Sac

Did you know donkeys can keep deer away?  It’s true.  We just visited Sunshine Farms out on Jackson Road in Montgomery and let me tell you that was a very interesting place.  It’s run by a sweet older couple, Jim and Lisa Jenkins.It was what I THINK I want for our family, at least on … Continue reading Sunshine Farms, a bright spot in organic, sustainable gardening in Texas.