So it's winter break. A week long holiday that doesn't exist where I grew up in SoCal and still confuses me a little. But with it being in the single digits for Valentines day and an official snow day for schools on Tuesday. I was grateful L took an extra day off and I didn't…
I know we are a little more than a week into the new year but it has taken me a full week to get back into the normal routine of things (I can't be the only one who's in the post-holiday struggle for normality). As I look back on almost a full year with this…
Well this is a first, up until now I have not shared any of my creative writing or poetry on this blog. But today, Christmas Eve, I thought I'd share a new poem I wrote. I was inspired by Reliant K's Christmas song "Like a Lion" which was inspired in turn by C.S. Lewis' Lion Witch…
It is still cold outside but there is hope as things are slowly thawing. We are not used to long winters with snowy temps. from October-March. We are told this was a normal to light winter-eek! Fortunately spring is coming and we have finally moved out of the “settling-in” stage. Luke mentioned to me that…
Luke and I love to explore but sometimes for cost sake it's better to stay local. Yet in this still very winter weather, no matter how tempting, we don’t want to get stuck inside. Fortunately we live in Corning. Spending more time close to home, I realized I haven’t blogged about my new hometown. (As…
