by Susan Annette Smith | Aug 7, 2017 | My Serious Side
It’s been a long dry summer for me, literally as well as creatively. After more than two months with no rain at all, the thunderstorm finally came this morning, and my first cup of coffee and I were on the back porch by 6:15. Half a cup later, I gave in to the...
by Susan Annette Smith | Nov 1, 2017 | My Serious Side
Older women can teach us a lot if we just watch and listen. Sometimes they set out to teach a lesson, and sometimes it just happens. I’m pretty sure the Shoe Lady didn’t intend to instruct anybody in the fine art of shopping when she rolled out of bed that morning,...
by Susan Annette Smith | Dec 22, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, My Serious Side
This is the year that began with Alan Rickman’s death and has gone down from there. My youngest daughter says the only good thing to come out of 2016 is her baby boy, Creighton. I tend to agree. Just when things are supposed to go all “merry and...
by Susan Annette Smith | Dec 10, 2016 | My Serious Side, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey
If you look closely, you’ll see him hidden behind his more traditional cousins on our fireplace mantle: the ceramic lavender-robed Santa with the gold-tipped, three-point jester’s cap and the big bowl of wassail. Lavender Santa is bad enough, but...
by Susan Annette Smith | Jun 16, 2016 | My Serious Side
Right before Father’s Day, one of my favorite memories of my father– About once a month, always on a Sunday morning, my father announced he was going to Ford’s place and did I want to come. I’d hurry to get dressed for church, for the trip had to be...
by Susan Annette Smith | May 8, 2016 | My Serious Side
I love to laugh at life, but some things you just can’t laugh at. Chance happenings, often with people I don’t know, pull memories from my memory bank and deposit others into it. They tend to tear my heart out, in a good way, and I’d like to share...
