When You Move Away, Far Away

It was all innocent enough. I had just finished my DVRd episode of Downton Abbey when a commercial came on for Antiques Roadshow, the host standing in a green valley, mountains rising up...

My Hat Is There, My Home Is Here

Feeling very quiet and reflective on this leg of our trip.  We’ve stopped in Hillsboro, Oregon – a suburb of Portland and the city we moved from when we relocated to Texas 2...

Marks the Spot

I was 36 weeks pregnant and in the hospital’s prenatal ER, the doctors attempting a third medication to get my blood pressure down from 200-something over 100-something, when my...

Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime?

Here, side-by-side, is a weather comparison of next week’s forecast in my former Oregon hometown and in my current suburb of Houston.  Can you tell which is which? I like to do this...

It's How You Pay for the Year-round Beauty

My friends back home wonder why I miss the Fall in Oregon so much.  It’s a little harder to explain when you look at it this way: Share this post: Recommend on Facebook Share with...

I Wore Pants Today

I wore pants today – and it WASN’T because they were the only clean bottoms in my laundry pile!  It was actually cool and quite nice in the Houston area today.  It was...

A Larger Canvass

I routinely forget that I’m in Texas.  You’d think the blazing heat, mammoth-size bugs, and flat horizon would keep me well-attuned to my surroundings, but honestly, sometimes...

Blog Party Post

They’re doing a fun thing over at 5 Minutes for Mom – a big ol’ blog party!!  If you visit THIS WEBSITE, you’ll find a ginormous list of participating blogs.  Poke...