Life Is Good

We walked another mile today, except this time it was through some alpine gardens. It was much cooler, with no noodles and vegetables at the end.

Road trip! That’s two of them in one month. (I went to Boise, Idaho earlier in the month to visit family.) This is at the Diablo Lake Overlook in Washington state. And this is why Ken will never get me to live anywhere else.

I am so grateful that my mom is no longer suffering, but is now resting in the arms of Jesus. “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1

I’m sitting here outside the hospital freezing my butt off waiting for my aunt to say “goodbye” to her sister, poor thing, since she leaves town tomorrow morning. The rollercoaster of emotions…not gonna lie: this has been rough on our family. But God is faithful and there have been many blessings along the way. Why […]

I don’t think I’ve ever done as much singing/playing music as I have this past month. Here I am in this picture with some good friends. We are in my car, listening to my folk-song master through the bluetooth—this is the song that I needed the red-barn picture for—pretending that this song is already on […]

As you know, back in June, I went on a road trip with a friend to Leavenworth. We walked into one of the stores there and I saw this hat. I immediately walked over to it. I loved that simple word on it. Then, I spent 20-30 minutes hemming and hawing over that silly thing. […]

And just like that: everything changes. I was a bit of a grumpy pants last night because I’ve been so exhausted dealing with my mom’s health issues, a crazy thyroid that won’t listen to me, and being overworked and underpaid, blah blah blah….. Given: “Hey Marie, wondering if you’re available to play keys on August […]

Went shopping downtown; discovered an incredible watercolor artist in the square; lugged a heavy box of 12 bottles of my favorite salad dressing all over town; introduced Bobby to the best antique store on the planet; got free Aplets & Cotlets at the flagship store from a really nice man who let us in 37 […]

Maple nut ice cream: rare Lucky bear socks: rare Yellow columbine: rare A friend you can go on an 8-hour road trip with where there’s a) lots of laughing, b) some serious conversations, and c) never an awkward moment of silence: rare I am one lucky ducky.

Good thing my friend and I took the really long way to Leavenworth today; I found another pair of my lucky bear socks in Winthrop. The next time I go to Nashville, I will have enough pairs for three days in the recording studio. I guess after this road trip, I better get back down to […]