This year we’re celebrating Christmas with our middle daughter in beautiful southern Chile. Since her apartment is small, both decorations and kitchen space will be limited. So, for the first time ever, I decided to pull back a bit myself. I haven’t unpacked much of my Christmas stuff nor spent hours baking this December. But…
Would you believe I searched my house high and low for two Anne of Green Gables tins I have? I acquired them some years ago on a foray to Prince Edward Island on the trail of Lucy Maud Montgomery, but failed to find even one for a photo this week. However, I did come up…
Twenty-five tins that contain—or once contained tea—line the shelves and cupboards of my home. While I consider myself more of a coffee drinker than a tea fan, those special cups of tea remind me of dozens of “tea reads” over time. The main character of my original story world, Melissa Travis of Destiny at Dolphin…
Is anything more exciting to a writer than a new notebook and pen? Or to a child-artist than a fresh box of crayons? The other day while packing, I came across the green-and-yellow tin of 64 Crayola colors. One of my first acquisitions (as a collector not a kid Picasso), today it holds my hot-glue…