Before I go on with my "Writing Wednesday" teaser, I’m closing out the collage series from the week-long visit of our youngest three with their grandparents in early June. They’re all packed up and ready to go, apparently having had a grand time. I get a feeling of peace and satisfaction looking at this one, knowing my [...]
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time with grandparents – collage 7 (there is a grandma!)
When you’re the main photographer in a family, you’re often not in many of the shots that are taken to record that family’s adventures. I’m so glad that Grandma Beverly handed the camera to Grandpa Roger a few times during out kids’ visit earlier in the month so her presence could be recorded as well. [...]
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mama mondays: when you gotta go…
Might as well make it a grassy field in the middle of nowhere. Yep, our Beth had just gotten her new camera when this beauty of a photo opp came at her. I wasn’t around at the time. I discovered the shot much later, while downloading her first attempts at amateur photography onto my computer. Hmmm. It [...]
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faith fridays: lovely things
"Whatever is lovely…think about such things." (Philippians 4:8) On Wednesday, my middle daughter left for Catholic camp. She departed a little after lunch, following our running around doing last-minute errands and enjoying a bite to eat together. We had just a bit of time at home before her friend’s mother came to retrieve her; [...]
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writing wednesdays: the binging and purging of words
Whether you’re a writer or any other kind of creative type (and aren’t we all in some form or another?), there’s a cycle we go through in pursuing our art: an input phase and an output phase. Both are important. Both contribute to the eventual outcome, the beautiful piece of creation that did not exist until [...]
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mama mondays: peace in the summertime
I’m still not done sharing the awesome collages my dear mother-in-law created to document her time with our youngest three earlier in the month. Though they’re a bit too small to see well here, you get a taste, at least, of what the kids were up to the week they stayed in their grandparents’ lake [...]
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happy father’s day 2010
From the files of Beverly Salonen, four years ago… And a Father’s Day poem from my friend, poet Shirley Vogler Meister, columnist for The Criterion, newspaper for the archdiocese of Indianapolis: PARK PROMISE by Shirley Vogler Meister Father strolls, smoke dangling cloudlike from strong fingers. I run, skip, twirl on the walk to Forest [...]
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faith fridays: don’t look now, but you’re emanating light
SHINE!!!! My mother is a card-giver. Sometimes she sends them for a special occasion, and with our family size we have many of those. Sometimes, she clips out a magazine article or cartoon and feels compelled to pass it on. Sometimes she sends one “just cuz.” Whatever the reason, I always pay attention to [...]
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time with grandparents – collage 6 (take a kid fishing day)
The “Take a Kid Fishing Day” is an annual event at Lake Minnewaska. Here, the kids are learning the ropes. Later, they received free fishing gear — including rods/reels, some lures and a styrofoam bait tub. Grandpa’s at the helm, once again! A few days earlier, Beth got to go by herself, following the little [...]
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writing wednesdays: learning from the ducks
We saw the cutest sight this morning when a mama duck led her babies across the street. We were absolutely fine being a tad bit late to our obligation to see to it that all of the ducks made it safely to the other side. But it wasn’t easy for them! Find out about our [...]
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