We had a lovely relaxed Christmas and I feel grateful but… let's not do a 2020 style Christmas again. Here are some highlights. I got an early Christmas present – we had our French doors repaired. Since we bought the house the original screen doors and storm doors have never fit because the door threshold…

I made three felt Christmas ducks this year. Two have flown the nest to my mom's tree and my sister's tree.

Sometimes I walk into my kitchen after dinner and wonder, was it my husband who was cooking in here or was it the Swedish Chef? But I try not to complain because he does all the cooking on the weekends and he makes some super yummy meals.

Dear dinning room, I have big plans for you. You are such a lovely room, warm and sunny with views into the garden, someday you will not look so rough around the edges. Maybe there will be lots of green paint that we will be able to glimpse from other parts of the house. Maybe…

I was reading Quiltfolk magazine and they had an article about an old quilt and it's history. It explained that the quilt was made by a woman in 1875 and it was made shortly after her five year old son died. It struck me as so poignant and so full of feeling the idea that…

This Christmas is going to be different. We won't be traveling to Michigan. We won't be spending Christmas Eve with Grandma J. and Christmas morning with Gramma C. No playing with grandma's dog. No shared meals. No helping to decorate the tree. No Christmas hugs. But thanks to the grandmas we will have the usual…