Driving 400 miles in a car one has had a mere six days with two tech-savvier-than-thou teen daughters was, well, an experience. As my husband has a near obsession with buying cars that might outlive us both, we hadn't bought a vehicle in forever. In so long that any business interaction involving their years of… Continue reading Driving me crazy
Category: family life
When God sends a dog and a half…
Finnegan is sleeping more innocent like than he should be. He's no doubt tired after a two short walks -- post breakfast and post lunch given my work-at-home lifestyle -- and running away to see his girlfriend this afternoon. (Luna's a lovely golden mix with whom he normally has set, mommy-monitored play dates.) Finn inside… Continue reading When God sends a dog and a half…
Posh Summer
The uber-posh Oglebay family is specific to Wheeling, W.Va. (and Cleveland, Ohio), but this story of how they spent their summers is oddly relatable and universal. (What a fun interview this one was. Sarita's journal is darling and I want one of those white dresses!!) Rich, poor or somewhere in the middle. Then or now.… Continue reading Posh Summer
A dog for every season
"...for love is strong as death..." Song of Solomon 8:6 When I was young, I lived in a garden. There was technically a house in that garden, but I wasn't in it very much other than to eat a few bites or to sleep in a glass-walled sun porch that looked out on -- you… Continue reading A dog for every season
Clothing the naked can be annoying
I don't suppose my household would actually go naked or hungry were I to suddenly expire. But, on Saturdays -- when everyone and all their stuff is home and strewn about, the laundry chute is full, meals seem to be needed one right after another, appointments need to be kept and I am the mom… Continue reading Clothing the naked can be annoying
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 