Humor and woodsy wisdom by Laura Lollar
So here I sit with a mouthful of metal. Two days ago I got braces. “What?” you ask. “Aren’t you a little old for tinsel teeth?” “I beg your pardon! One is never too old for a prettier smile.” But oh the torture! If I had known how painful it would be, I would have thought twice. As it was, I vacillated on this decision a number of times up until the moment I was sitting in the orthodontist’s …
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Merry Christmas and a most Happy New Year! Doug and I are wishing you all the very best health, safety and happiness in the New Year. You mean a great deal to me and I count you among God’s greatest blessings! We’ve had a busy year what with building our new home and me writing/editing the book I collaborated on with my mom, entitled The Camp Book. As I mentioned before, it’s a compilation of …
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When we were kids, one of the biggest events of the year was Halloween. The excitement would start to build months in advance as we planned our costumes and coordinated with our friends. The big event was the neighborhood parade. Our neighborhood streets were a series of figure eights and the parade would proceed around the perimeter. We hurried with our dinner then scrambled to get dressed and …
We’re building a new house. People warned us. They said it would ruin our marriage, cost more than the builder’s original estimate, and take much longer than expected. Well, they were mostly right. I’m happy to say our relationship remains intact! But the whole process has been an eye-opener. We’re now five months into it but nowhere near as far along as we’d hoped. Why the delays? Well, first …
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We can safely say winter is over now - finally! So again I think the same thing as last year, “I’m only going to buy a few plants to put in containers on the deck.” Sure I will. Why am I skeptical? Because I get into the plant store and I can’t help myself. I buy up loads of color knowing most of them won’t survive from the hail storms, gophers, deer and grasshoppers. But this year I’m committed …
In the early years, I took a lot of pride for feeding my kids nutritious meals. We had vegetables, a starch and some meat because I wanted them to be well balanced. I think I did okay on that front. Nobody can accuse my kids of being unbalanced. (Me? That’s a story for another day.) They gobbled up what I set in front of them. Or at least I thought they did. Unbeknownst to me, there was …
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