From the moment we eased our car down the driveway of the house that sat on the shore of Old Hickory Lake, and saw eleven white Labrador puppies lined up in a row, each standing on two legs with their paws resting on top of a short chicken wire fence, wagging their little tails at …
Puff Daddy. Spring continues to unfold in a somewhat ferocious fashion, here in the Boonies. We went from winter to summer in the space of about one week, back in March, reaching temperatures above 90º. Seriously, in March? That’s just wrong. And then it got cold again. And now, here we are, a teeny outpost …
Since the storms blew across many parts of our nation today, I thought I’d give you an update on how we fared in the Boonies of TN. Because it got a little exciting here. We heard that a couple of tornados had touched down in a town in the county that is just across the …
I sent my dear husband, the Big Bison, out this morning for a dozen eggs. Look what he came back with. In his defense, there are 12 in a box. A dozen, right? In case you don’t recognize what you’re looking at, that is a box of firecrackers. Does this make it any clearer? No? …
Seriously. You know that big storm system that blew across the US recently? On Monday afternoon, it passed through our area. The lightning strikes started popping like popcorn while I was on the phone with my friend, Anne. I had just mentioned to her that things were starting to get dicey, and I might need …
First: there was this Jack. My dear husband, the Big Bison, and I went through an addiction to the show “24”. Jack was always there, to save the day. No matter how dark or evil the terrorist, no matter how dear the cost to himself personally, Jack was a hero on whom America could depend. …
I bet you thought I was going to talk about me, again. Well, while I am still on my sardine eating/fishy burp producing binge/experiment to improve my hair’s condition and thus give myself incredibly glorious hair, we are not going to talk about my own personal foxy locksies. Which would have a different spelling than …
It snowed last night in the Boonies. I thought I would treat you all to a glimpse of the breathtaking beauty that we saw when we woke up this morning. All pictures were taken by my extraordinarily talented husband, the Big Bison, who totally rocks. P. S. You can click on them to make them …
Pictures courtesy Boonie Baby. It snowed in the Boonies yesterday. It snowed with a ferocity and intensity that we, heretofore, had not yet experienced in these somewhat remote parts. Of course, it snowed across much of the continent yesterday. (Although, ironically enough, I talked to a friend who lives in what is traditionally one of …
And I kind of suspect that my Deacon D. Dawg may be in the October of his life. But seasons are to be celebrated, so today, won’t you celebrate with me a beautiful October in the Boonies, as seen from off the balcony off my husband’s studio? As, I type this, it’s very early, and …
Fall has come to the Boonies. Pretty glorious, huh? Wish you could be here to see it! And speaking of seeing glorious things…. (not a GREAT segue, but the best I can come up with to go with the pretty picture….and you know…I’ve been doing a study in the book of Isaiah, and sharing some …
The last fruit of the Spirit is self-control. And why do I bring that up now? Well, if you’ve been reading my blog lately, you know that I have been doing a series of posts that involve some thoughts on the fruit of the Spirit. And self-control, the last quality listed in Galatians 5:23, might …
Raspberry Shortbread Cookies are the cookies that won me the title of Cookie Contest Queen. And you’ll find, at the bottom of this post, the recipe for the amazing Raspberry Shortbread Cookie: it’s the cookie my family demands, year after year. An Embarrassing Story Involving These Christmas Cookies I can’t believe I haven’t told …
In order to tell you the tale of how things went to h-e-double-hockey-sticks in a handbasket, and thus prove my theorem, (that theorem being:”If a husband goes out of town, then all h-e-double-hockey-sticks WILL break loose at home.”) I first have to do a little show and tell about this: This is Pilgrim P. Dog, …
We’re studying Geometry around here. Well, at least my son is taking the course. Whether or not actual studying is occurring is another matter. Anyway, despite my remarkably poor grades in that subject myself, I have been reviewing what little I knew, and reading some of the book along with him. Geometry has lots of …