November 2011
26 posts
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most...”
– ― Sigmund Freud (via justbesplendid)
From now on when I think of Thanksgiving, I think...
It only seems appropriate that today I take a few minutes and honor one of life’s special people. This time last year, the world lost a very great soul. I can define exactly what a great soul is because I had the extreme pleasure of calling Iris Keith my friend.
Iris Keith was the grandmother of my dear friend Scarlett.
I lived in the back of her 1920’s farmhouse in North Carolina...
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– ~ Noam Chomsky
So far in November...
We cleaned our whole house from top to bottom, only to discover at the end that our Lab had gone into heat.
We have packed away many of our favorite things to prepare our house to be put on the market. We have moved boxes, storage bin, and pictures until each week-end evaporated before our very eyes.
This week we painted all the spots in the house that needed retouching, including under our...
“The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground.”
– ~ Unknown 