The Call: A Boy and His Dog — Cheryl I used to be a dog lover. Then I had kids. I’m thankful that Luke embraces the role and the dog. The Response: Love in the Fall — Jessica Embrace the long winter ahead. Spring will come but the only way to get there is to […]
The Call: Wrinkled Water — Cheryl The fierce wind longs to take them, these flags of warmth, of sensuality, longs to wrench them from home over the wild lake waters, over the trees stripped of reds and golds, to fly like Mary Poppins’ umbrella, spreading magic high above frozen land. —Elizabeth Hobbs, “Hanging Red Flannel […]
The Call: Luke the Defiant — Jessica Defiance is personified by the almost three year old. Response: Mid-Morning Walk — Cheryl Luke had a hankering for donuts this morning. I suggested he try the Apple Cider Donuts recipe on No Gluten, No Problem, except that there was a problem: we had no apple cider. The […]
The Call: Candle in the Window — Jessica To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts […]
The Call: Biscuits in the Oven — Jessica As soon as I call everyone to the table, this beautiful sheetpan full of biscuits will be destroyed and all that will remain will be a few crumbs and some sticky spots from honey drips. Response: Nature and Neglect — Cheryl Forces are conspiring to destroy our […]
The Call: Book Learning — Jessica It is one of the paradoxes of life that the more you read and learn the more you realize how little you know. Which, in my case, prompts me to order more books from Amazon. Response: Beauty in Death — Cheryl Equating death with beauty seems paradoxical, but in […]
The Call: Pumpkin House — Cheryl Four years ago, when the major renovation on our house was just about finished, we went down to New Hampshire for a weekend that included a family reunion and a day at Storyland. While driving through North Conway, we passed a colonial-style house painted pumpkin orange, with cream trim. […]
The Call: Photography Crash Course — Jessica My husband has suddenly been bitten by the shutterbug. After looking through a bunch of websites over the week, he finally asked me last night if I had any books that I could recommend for a beginner trying to understand the essence of photography. Ha! Do I have […]
The Call: Magic Bracelet — Cheryl A year or two ago, I embarked on learning peyote stitch by creating a bracelet with black and blue-green seed beads. I was happy with the stitch and the results, but I wasn’t sure how I’d finish the base I had created, and I put it aside. Until recently, […]
The Call: Pear with Flower — Jessica It was my intention to photograph this pear. And the two others I bought on Monday at the grocery store. I spent more minutes than normal picking through the selection trying to find a few that were as blemish free as possible. You know, photo ready and all. […]