Category Archives: Pot Pouri

For the past 10 days around the Christmas holiday, I have been on a serious jigsaw puzzle jag, assembling 6 puzzles totaling several thousand pieces. I have put together two Amish farm scenes, fall in Vermont, a scene of colorful … Continue reading →

Between Christmas and New Year’s our family traditionally gathers at our cabin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) along the shores of Lake Superior. Several other families have the same tradition, and therefore New Year’s has been celebrated with the same … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I spent a very entertaining Sunday evening at a church social that included an after dinner comedienne discussing the foibles of empty nesting. At the end of the presentation, the comedienne announced a trivia contest … Continue reading →

My childhood was decorated with a slew of family expressions.  My father liked to say, “Well he really stuck his ass in a tub of butter,” which referred to a man who had an amazing stroke of luck.  It typically … Continue reading →

For about 2 years my mother and I worked together on a book of children’s poetry called Ned’s Journal, which described the “small and big life adventures of Ned,” a 10 year old boy.  We were pleased to secure a … Continue reading →