Images of Apricots

A friend and fellow teacher that lives down the road called and said she had all the apricots we could pick. We grabbed boxes, bags, sunscreen, and h…

Smells of Summer That Take Me Back

The other day while preparing to face the hot sun I covered myself with sunscreen. I had a generic brand, but just that smell of the lotion took me …

Summer Reverie

Glorious light from the east illuminates dewy shades of green and white, Under an umbrella of maple and pine the fragrance of lilies fills the cool air. …

Three Saturday Surprises

Today the Saturday bouquet has a mix of dahlias, roses, sunflowers, cosmos and other colorful blooms. It is a surprise that we have this many beauti…

Sibling Assignment # 29: Working Hard in the Silver Valley

My dad as a young working man walking in Kellogg after finishing a shift. Silver Valley Girl assigned Raymond Pert and me the following topic: Share s…

Making My Day and Lake Roosevelt from Another Point of View

Looking north toward Kettle Falls and Canada on the eastern side of Lake Roosevelt. Mommy Dearest made my day by recognizing the "Silver Valley …

Reminders of Grandma West and August

The two flowers that always remind me of my Grandma West's garden are dahlias and glads. I know August is just around the corner when I have th…

Inspiration and Beauty on Puget Sound

"Education is to nourish your soul and transform your life." Ruth Simmons, President of Brown University My day of learning started with thi…

Lifelong Learning With Stephanie Harvey

If you are a teacher of reading you may have heard of Stephanie Harvey. Her first edition of "Strategies That Work" written with Ann Goudv…

Sibling Assignment #28: Thirteen

Thirteen years ago I said good-bye to this house. This week’s sibling assignment came from Raymond Pert. We were to write about thirteen. You will fi…

Reflecting on Five Inland Empire Bloggers

I was touched recently to be awarded the Blogger Refection Award from La Tea Dah at Gracious Hospitality. When I was thinking about beginning a blog…

Sunday Scribblings: Wicked

The word for Sunday Scribblings this week is wicked . My favorite use of this word is the slang term in the British Isles for "excellent" o…

Rain , Relief , and Summer Bouquet #14

Very early this morning I awoke to the smell and sound of rain. It was not just a drizzle. Relief. Later when the light was peeking through the cloud…

Fire and Rain

"I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end." James Taylor Today was the first day i…
Peaches A mouthful of language to swallow: stretches of beach, sweet clinches, breaches in walls, pleached branches; britches hauled over haunches; hunche…

The Many Talents of Z2!

Today is my niece Z2's thirteenth birthday. The day she was born was as hot as today . I was staying in Kellogg and Dad and I suffered through th…

Skull Busters, Dippity Do, and Suffer to Be Beautiful

The topic for Sunday Scribblings this week is hair. I am going to date myself tonight as I think back to what we did to have beautiful hair before t…