Mother’s Day 2026

My Mom, her Mom and her Mom! Four generations of us sitting on the steps of the cottage! It’s time to recognize our mothers, for their sacrafice and care and love. If you’ve known that in your life you are a blessed person. Happy Mother’s day Mom. And to Wendy – the wonderful Mom to…

The 124th adventure

Carlyle needed a ride one evening this week and I got to take her. I was thrilled. Yup – thrilled!! I love this girl and she’s so smart, so kind, so terrific to be around I was thrilled. Did I mention I was thrilled. I had to drop her off at 5:30 and return for…

Fred Eastland

Blue coal. A great product, once upon a time, for heating your home. And sold in that once-upon-a-time by my grandfather, Fred Eastland. Fred was an entrepreneur and a good businessman. He was a generous man and a godly man, and he knew something about marketing, it appears. Over the weekend, my cousin Belinda, sent…