July 29, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
My friend and neighbor Mary Jo came over and helped me kill a large bug a few days ago. I could tell it was a smart, savvy, creative insect, and I sensed that it might elude me with its speed and mad skills. It glared at me from a tricky location – where the sunroom wall meets the ceiling. Thank you, Mary Jo, for helping …
May 10, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
I can hardly avert my eyes from the present moment. Today, Beth Alexander to take us back in time, to a past we see through a mother’s fragile scrapbook…
April 24, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: Redhead by the Side of the Road
Most mornings I feel some flavor of this, despite a very decent morning routine with my dog and the paper and breakfast… I have to work my way towards a better mood. Maybe I should rethink my routine, at least for now? Beth Alexander stops in at Bacon today with an intriguing recommendation…
March 31, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
Today my friend Beth Alexander reflects on her trip to Israel a few weeks ago, before the world changed. “Parents permeate the lives of their children,” she writes…
March 22, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
Lots of things come up in my yard in the spring, and I don’t mind. I like the blooming “spring ephemerals” otherwise known as weeds. This year, something different has come up in several locations. We had parts of the yard re-seeded in the fall, and something odd has crept in. Can you help me figure out what it is? It looks kind-of like a …
August 26, 2018
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: Ordinary Grace
I asked today’s guest writer, Beth Alexander, for a photo to run with her post. “Don’t you think people have seen enough of me lately?” she asked – laughing, half serious. (She and Patti Smallwood have been hard to miss, it’s true, as Swan Ball co-chairs). Maybe you can send a few historical photos, I suggested… The truth is: We can never get enough …