String o' Pearls

Remember how I talked about having trouble finding my joy in my last post ?  I am happy to report that things are going much, much better in...

I've been struggling to find my joy lately.  Hard to say out loud, with Christmas coming...but it’s true. I have been struck--out of the...

My husband and I are eagerly anticipating Christmas, and having our youngest son and his wife ( whose blog handle is Babisiu ) here with us...

Hello, Open Bookers!  I can't wait to see what you've been reading. Here's my first recommendation for this month: The Girl Who ...

I have recently read some novels that I would like to heartily recommend, but I don’t seem to have the time to write a decent review for eac...

I have just finished an acrylic painting of Our Lord's Holy Face, which I'm going to call "Tears Become Pearls."  This tit...

One of the major life influences I had growing up was my late father's sister, Nancy (but she went by the childhood nickname "Toni,...