String o' Pearls

So, a number of years ago, I hosted a little St. Nicholas Tea Party here at our house in VA, for all the Pearl gals who were six and up at t...

We are down to about a week-and-a-half until we head up north for the summer, to manage our Vrbo rental on the lake, enjoy our pontoon boat,...

I'm on a roll here, feeling exceedingly nostalgic about my childhood and getting a bit teary-eyed over grainy little snapshots from the ...

Yesterday, on Mother's Day, four of our beloved grandchildren made their First Holy Communion together at an 11:30 Mass: son #4's tr...

In my last post , I showed you a colored pencil drawing that I'd made for the wife of son #5 as a belated birthday gift. That's just...

A while back, my daughter-in-law (wife of son #5) showed me an old photo of the firstborn of her two little girls with one of the cats they ...

Yes, this is my Easter post.  And I'm a little late, I know—but what else is new when it comes to me and updating this blog?!  I think i...