The Call: Lilac Time of Year — Cheryl We have one lilac bush that actually blooms. It could use some pruning, because cutting lilacs involves a lot of stretching and reaching and cutting away of flowerless twigs. I think it’s worth the effort. Not only do I appreciate the splash of purple in the living […]

The Call: Digging Up Fresh Thoughts — Cheryl I’m starting from scratch with my desktop. No, I haven’t devolved to an old Underwood. I still have my HP Pavilion, but now, it’s unencumbered by whatever was dragging it down (a virus? bad scripts? who knows). Dennis wiped the hard drive yesterday, after saving everything over […]

The Response: Typewriter Still Life — Cheryl “The more I studied literature and the arts, the more I realized that the world is far more ambiguous than we think.” — Gregory Wolfe, Beauty Will Save the World Bridget and I had a good talk along these lines on the way home from her orthodontist appointment […]

The Call: On the Spool — Cheryl Yesterday, I dug out Mom’s old Remington Travel-Riter. I’d like to have a working typewriter at hand for art journaling and scrapbooking. Now, I just need to find a new ribbon for it. The Response: Unfinished Project — Jessica These blocks are part of an applique wallhanging that […]

The Call: The Difference — Cheryl Bernard Schopen was one of my favorite professors at St. Anselm College, and his words have stuck with me for more than two decades. The Response: Let Me In — Jessica I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; […]