Yesterday I had tea at the library with friends who love to read. This is the eleventh year Friends of the Olathe Library has sponsored the Novel Tea and invited a guest author to speak while the audience enjoys cucumber sandwiches and eclairs while sipping tea during the presentation. The event space was transformed by […]
Andrew Carnegie: A Legacy of Libraries
I love libraries. After each move during my husband’s Air Force career, one of the first outings with our children was a trip to the local library. It was an attempt to smooth the transition of our move and make the unfamiliar seem familiar. Looking back I wonder how many of those libraries belong to […]
Everyday Treasures
My grandmother (nonna) crocheted constantly, making beautiful creations–shawls, baby booties and blankets, doilies, table cloths, slippers, bedspreads–for her children and sixteen grandchildren. Every year on our birthdays she’d send pillow cases to me and my sister with a delicate crocheted edging. They were for our “hope chests,” which during our teenage years my sister and […]
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, friends! This season is a time of reflection for me, so I’ll begin my post with a look to the past. On the left is Christmas 1949 with my mother and sister (on the left) with our much loved dolls Santa faithfully delivered every year. On the right are my […]
Halloween at Cornerstone
Welcome to Trunk or Treat at Cornerstone Church! Our church parking lot transforms into a paradise for trick or treaters and their families at Halloween. We decorate the trunks of our cars and hand out candy to costumed children from Overland Park, North Kansas City, Grandview and surrounding communities. There’s not enough space here to […]
Come Sail With Me
Have you ever been asked to look at someone’s pictures after they returned from what they claim was the best vacation ever? And you were bored to tears? I’ll try hard not to be that person but won’t guarantee it while I post photos from our Rhine River Cruise. Our wonderful excursion began in Amsterdam. […]
Summertime Potpourri
What to do on a blistering hot day like the one we’re having in Kansas? Find a cool place to curl up with a good book or sink into one of those gigantic chairs at the air-conditioned theater for a great movie. The book and movie I’ve selected are serious in nature but well worth […]
The Perfect Day
What would your perfect day look like? What would you choose to do? Yesterday was my birthday and it got me to thinking about how to spend the perfect day. First–Companions I’d love to have the whole family to share the perfect day, but since they are widely scattered I’m happy to spend the day […]
Pass the Torch this Memorial Day
Last Saturday I joined DAR members in placing flags on the graves of veterans at our Olathe cemetery. We share this responsibility with groups like the American Legion and together recognize veterans from the Mexican American War to our most recent conflicts. I noted with interest the Civil War veterans served in units from PA, […]
Renewal and Hope
All things seem possible in the spring. The world is flush with beginnings even as we shiver in heavy coats, marveling as the crocus and daffodils poke through a crust of snow. As the blossoms of April and May arrive I once again find myself filled with hope and renewal that only spring can offer. […]
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