Paper Doll Tales Posts

Things I like about technology: instant recipe recall anytime anywhere, driving directions on my phone (no impertinent map to re-fold), ready answers on how many teaspoons are in a packet…

Kids and Treasures

I grew wise to the Santa lie when I became suspicious of the bar codes slapped on Santa’s gifts.  I mean, if the dude was really sitting up in the frigid…

Kids and Treasures

Dear Little Friend, We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar at library story time today. The book was your pick. You lurched out of my lap, rifled through a basket of…

Thoughts and Musings

It doesn’t look like November outside of my window.  Green leaves are holding sunlight like scoops of lemon sorbet.  Russet leaves and bare twigs are bisecting the blue sky into…

Kids and Treasures

The fact that I only know the words “Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope…” (do something, roam maybe?) from the song didn’t stop me from…

Thoughts and Musings

If you’re a dedicated Belle Squeaks reader (Hi, Mom), you’ve noticed a drop off in posts the last few weeks.  First came the travel excuse: far from home with limited…

Thoughts