The Call: Trip to the Mall — Jessica Today I took four twelve-year-old girls to the mall. It was fun. No, really! It was crazy, but it was fun. Response: Like Bees — Cheryl Once Mother’s Day arrives, it’s pretty much a given that our local nursery will be packed with people shopping for items […]
The Call: Bubbling Over — Cheryl If I had to enumerate my strengths, perseverance would top the list. Thanks, in part, to perseverance: I still attend Mass each week with all six kids; Dennis and I survived years of physical separation while dating to stay together and eventually marry; I’ve been homeschooling for about 13 […]
The Call: Old Ivories — Jessica This is the second time that the $10 garage sale piano that sits in my basement has been featured as my C&R contribution. Score!! Response: Ivory and Gold — Cheryl I had my wedding gown custom made of ivory dupioni silk. When I could find Alçenon lace only in […]
The Call: Hair in Her Face — Cheryl One of these days, Stella’s hair will stay put in a ponytail or barrette. Until then, her hair will fall into her face, and she’ll continue to manage just fine. The Response: The Face — Jessica The icon is a gift from my father who brought it […]
The Call: Apple Slices — Jessica I was at the zoo today when I got Cheryl’s tweet that my original call was a duplicate. Since it was Memorial Day, I thought red would be an easy call — grab a shot of a flag and call it a day. Well, almost. I couldn’t find a […]
The Call: On the Spool — Cheryl Yesterday, I dug out Mom’s old Remington Travel-Riter. I’d like to have a working typewriter at hand for art journaling and scrapbooking. Now, I just need to find a new ribbon for it. The Response: Unfinished Project — Jessica These blocks are part of an applique wallhanging that […]
The Call: Shadows — Jessica What is the weight of a shadow? It’s been a long and full day. My son successfully finished his Eagle Scout project and my daughter celebrated her twelfth birthday. In between we had baseball. But the weight of the day is over and it’s nice to sit back and relax […]
The Call: Fern with Raindrops — Cheryl For weeks, we were teased with gorgeous, sunny days. Now it’s just rain, rain, and rain. The Response: Stupid Weather — Jessica Yesterday evening, I sat at the Little League ball park basking in the warm evening sunset. Today, I sat at the same park, wrapped up in […]
The Call: Touch — Jessica Danny was nursing and napping on my lap this afternoon. There are a million and one things that I ought to be doing while he naps. But that would involve putting him down on the bed and he is just so comfortable on my lap. And I am so comfortable […]
The Call: Simply Delicious — Cheryl I didn’t eat much for lunch, so when teatime rolled around, I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth into this Milky Way Simply Caramel bar. The Response: Dirty Dishes — Jessica I left the house in a rush this morning after breakfast and didn’t return until dinner time. That’s […]
The Call: Rubbing Nickels — Jessica My grandmother was raised in the Great Depression. My father, her oldest son, claims he was too. I, however, did not inherit the frugal gene. I wish I had…but I am way too frivolous with our money. Response: Lilacs — Cheryl On our way to church, we pass a […]
The Call: Creating a Face — Cheryl There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, … from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot The Response: Second Verse… — Jessica I’m Henry the […]
The Call: Danny at Eighteen Months — Jessica It was a splendid afternoon for a portrait session. The sun came out from behind the clouds and we were sitting in a field of buttercups. It may look serene, but there was a hard-played baseball scrimmage going on behind us. Why else would I be sitting […]
The Call: Morning Sunlight — Cheryl The result of an early foray up to the high school for your son’s baseball game might be a little side trip to see how the morning light looks in that spot you like for late afternoon shots. The Response: Alley — Jessica As a result of my three-year […]