I just found this picture on my camera memory card, I had forgotten it was there. One morning this past fall, John surprised me with a heart shaped leaf on my windshield. The leaf is…

I worked yesterday, a full 8.5 hour day. We had plans to go to Will and Kim’s annual New Year’s Eve party but I was totally burned out. Instead we stayed home, ordered Papa Murphy’s…

We are spending a quiet weekend at home, the last of the year. Yes, Christmas 2012 is winding to a close.  We enjoyed several days of festivities with my family before John went to Alabama…

Christmas 2012 has come and gone, too fast for my tastes.  No Christmas letter composed, no cards addressed or mailed, too little time spent shopping and too much time at work.  We had some memorable…

Fall has settled into the Tennessee Valley, this time for good I think.  I go to work in the early morning fog, which blankets low areas till the sun comes out and burns it off.…