Sherry | February 20, 2011
This morning I approached Brian and Carrie Carlson with a request to interview them for the “Look Who’s Here” column in our church newsletter. Just a few hours later my friend Lisa and I drove up Chehalem Mountain to the Carlsons’ home. I had no idea the treat we had in store. This Studebaker was [...]
Sherry | June 3, 2010
Our girl turns one today. And to celebrate we invited Mr. Darcy’s mom, Little Anne, to come for a doggie celebration. It seemed only right that the two should celebrate this important birthing anniversary together, don’tcha think? That a dog (or any animal or plant) can survive for an entire year in our household is [...]
Sherry | June 1, 2010
Back before the century turned I lunched with some women in a home in Bellingham, Washington. Something in the conversation caused our host to show us what she kept in a Rubbermaid “Roughneck” in her kitchen. She lifted the lid and peeled off a sheet of thick black plastic to reveal thousands of worms swarming [...]
Sherry | January 24, 2010
You haven’t heard much out of me lately and that’s because my life has involved one goal: keep the dog alive in Mauri’s absence. Usually when Mauri goes to help lead retreats at the coast during the month of January, I dive into a long list of projects collected over the past 11 months. This [...]
Sherry | January 8, 2010
Since God is the God of second chances, I thought I’d follow his example and give Mr. Darcy a second chance. So I moved or removed the temptation toward mischief, feeling certain she couldn’t reach what I pushed way back toward the wall. And for insurance, I made sure she had her favorite pumpkin toy [...]
Sherry | January 7, 2010
It isn’t as though I haven’t gone out of my way to help Mr. Darcy not miss her master while he’s at the coast all week. I let her sprawl next to me on the loveseat. I regularly scratch behind her ears, feed/water her, comb her fur, throw her the ball… And this is how [...]
Sherry | January 6, 2010
Ever wonder what an eighth of a cow looks like? Looks like we made room for a fourth of a cow. Next time we’ll know.
Sherry | March 11, 2009
The last time Mauri went shooting birds (with his camera) he quickly downloaded this shot into his computer … …to try to identify that bird camouflaged in the grass to the right of the post. I’m glad he didn’t wait around to see it in flight! Here’s a real bird, shot through the window to our [...]
Sherry | December 8, 2008
My friend Craig posted a link to a high-speed video of the making of a papier mache dragon head. Watching it took me back, way back, to the summer of 1975, when our family lived in trailer while we were between homes. Paul was commuting from Tallahassee, FL, to Durham, NC, so I needed to [...]
Sherry | June 6, 2007
Here’s an update in pictures of our weekend. Mauri and I flew to Denver on Thursday. My joyful assignment was to look after Cass while her parents attended a CHCC marriage retreat up at Snow Mountain Ranch in the Rockies. Mauri went with them to lead worship at the retreat. Here’s the little princess, dressed [...]