Deena
The best laid plans of mice and men....
( bonus points if you can finish this poetic sentence ) A recent home school conversation went like this: Daughter : Mom! Want me to...
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Deena
- Aug 3
- 6 min
In Rejoicing
Hi friends. Happy Saturday to ya. The August air is warm and lovely here in Northeast Ohio. And since it has been a "minute" since I've...
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Deena
- Jun 25
- 5 min
Growing
I remember that time a dear family in the church gave my husband and I a beautiful yellow climbing rose bush and then left just after it...
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Deena
- Apr 27
- 4 min
If it ain't baroque don't fix it
I won my 6th grade talent competition lip-synching to Amy Grant's "Sing your Praise to the Lord," on a record borrowed from my sweet...
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Deena
- Apr 17
- 6 min
Mother's Day
The blossoms on the lilac bush are about a week or so from making their debut. Just in time for my birthday. Happy Wednesday friends. I'm...
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Deena
- Mar 28
- 4 min
March Madness
Hi friends. Happy Thursday from the local library that seems a lot warmer and more crowded than I ever remember. I thought it was time to...
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Deena
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Messy Monotonous Marvelous Mundane
Some "cheeky" one left a dry-erase marker message on the light blue tile just above the downstairs toilet paper dispenser and it makes me...
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Deena
- Feb 26
- 5 min
Favoritism
I have this thing where I tell each of my kids that they are my absolute "favorite." Hi friends. It's been a hot minute. I'm leaving palm...
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Deena
- Feb 8
- 4 min
Savor
I smiled while sipping tea at my parents' house when my Mom asked me where I was writing today. "Do you write on your phone?" "No, Mom. ...
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Deena
- Jan 24
- 5 min
New year old you
"Mom, you having a blog really makes me think twice before doing something stupid, so.... that's good!" This from my youngest while...
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Deena
- Dec 16, 2023
- 3 min
Less Martha and a whole lot more MERRY
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With caroling and cookies and cantatas and children’s programs and then…the inevitable...
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Deena
- Nov 23, 2023
- 4 min
Thankskidsing
Welcome to the archives again this week friends. May your turkey be delicious and your airpods, charged. (smile) It's almost midnight the...
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Deena
- Nov 9, 2023
- 5 min
Home coming
Happy Thursday friends. I greet you from Panera and the "drafts" section of my website where I will be sharing some oldies-but-goodies...
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Deena
- Nov 2, 2023
- 5 min
Label maker
Long ago in a far away era lived the label maker from Dymo. It boasted of organizational progress bar none. Do you even remember the 3D...
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Deena
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
Everyday Graces
The coffee is a perfect mix of Tim Horton's decaf and Green Mountain blueberry and the swirl of cream and touch of raw sugar make me feel...
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Deena
- Oct 19, 2023
- 5 min
A charge to keep
There's a Latino woman who comes to our English as a Second Language class on Wednesday evenings and when I see her my heart smiles....
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Deena
- Sep 22, 2023
- 5 min
Of Hash browns, braces and road work
We've just about put away the electric blanket for chills and there's a lot less soup hanging around the kitchen. And I'm here for it....
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Deena
- Sep 15, 2023
- 4 min
Thorns
The leaves are just beginning to crunch underfoot on my memorized Metroparks' path just down the street and I'm not quite ready to give...
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Deena
- Sep 8, 2023
- 5 min
What you see is what you get
School's begun for us and we decided to bring things all the way back to the kitchen table where we see eyeballs almost every moment of...
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Deena
- Aug 24, 2023
- 4 min
Sugary sweet
I am THE ABSOLUTE WORST at picking out a good watermelon. Happy Thursday friends. I know, I know, look for large webbing, a bright yellow...
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