Kaput
Hundreds of hours of work is gone. No one’s fault except mine. I wasn’t careful enough when changing over to a new computer and forgot my ExtraSprinklesPlease files. And then thought I had them still. And then lost them.
Every time I think, Oh, maybe I’ll revise this graphic, and then remember, I cringe a little [...]
Autumn
On my lunch hour recently I drove over to my Dad’s for a cup of tea and a sandwich. It was a glorious fall afternoon, the kind that comes with a brilliant blue sky and crisp temperatures. I saw a little girl playing on the sidewalk – hopping on one foot, planting two feet, hopping [...]
It only has to be a few words…
I mentioned in my last post that there was one handwritten note that I always remembered. It was from a 17-year-old boy I had dated a short time, but who remained my pen pal while he was out east at boarding school. My heart would always smile when I saw the distinctive envelope from his [...]
The treasure of a handwritten note
Beside me as I write this is a lovely note I received in the mail last week from a dear friend. Not only are the words precious, but seeing my friend’s handwriting is too. If I had to run from a burning house, photographs and handwritten letters would be tops on my list of [...]
Softly Launching Extra Sprinkles
In the future I hope to use this blog space to write about joyful things. Like how my 19-year-old son went with a friend to the hospital on Saturday and set up Skype so an elderly couple could virtually attend their grandchild’s wedding via web cam. (Isn’t that lovely?) Yes, things like that.
Right now, though, [...]
