Paper Doll Tales Posts

Miss C stuck a goldfish cracker up her nose the other day.  She did it in that intentional way of all children who are three and host a permanent twinkle in…

Five Minute Fridays

6:47 am.  Sister-giggles crack the night into morning. 7:06 am.  A suspect flees the scene.  A victim’s cries echo throughout the house. 7:08 am.  Whining court commences with dad as…

Five Minute Fridays Intentional Living

Today was supposed to have a super-burst of oxygenation, thanks to a trip to Phipps Botanical Conservatory.  I’ve been looking forward to my antioxidant cocktail of orchid scents and fern gullies, but…

Five Minute Fridays

It’s become my go-to statement when I need an ice breaker at a party: “We have a house bunny for a pet.”  What is a totally normal fact in our family…

Five Minute Fridays

It’s 6:52 am and I watch the college student in orange parka and backpack walk to the fluorescent-lit corner bus stop and I watch the Pittsburgh Port Authority bus arrive with lights blazing…

Five Minute Fridays Thoughts and Musings

If you’re reading this post, I’ve caught you. You’re a reader. You can’t help yourself. You read the back of cereal boxes.  The bottom of Kleenex boxes while on the…

Thoughts Thoughts and Musings