Do You Want the Good News or the Bad News?

Okay.  So do you want the good news or the bad news? Me? Good news first, please. Super exciting news for thistlewood farms!  I have just updated the blog to a .com.  The new blog is http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com.  It has been a work in progress and there have been a few bumps along the road.  But

The View From Here

 Do you remember the Village People? I sit out here on the back porch sometimes and think about them.   I wonder where they are and what they’re doing and if they are still wearing cowboy hats and Indian headdresses and staying at the YMCA.  Did they end up starring in their own videos or ABC movies or start an

I Don’t Know Where to Start

I don’t really know where to begin with this post. It’s inside my head.  Thoughts and ideas and questions and stuff mixed up and rolled into a jumbled mess. And I don’t know where to start. Actually, it all started with this incredibly thought-provoking post and these comments on Beth’s Facebook page. I read it

Julius Caesar Would Have Been Proud

As my Latin teacher used to say: Venimus! Vidimus! Vicimus! “it’s a Cinch” projects that is. I really wanted to say “amazing” in Latin, but it didn’t translate.  I don’t think Julius Caesar was really up on the “amazing” lingo in 44 BC. I guess he was too worried about the Ides of March. Even if Julius Caesar didn’t say it.  I

A Note of Thanks

Dear March Madness Organization, Can we talk? Just for a moment.  It won’t take long, I promise.  I know you are busy and all, what with big game tonight.  See that television in the corner? That’s where we have been watching the tournament for the last month. On these couches. In this living room. And I just

Wake Up Sleepy Head

My house slept in this morning. It was all my fault. Normally I wake it up first thing. Seriously.  And yes, you read that correctly. Not my family…..my house. Some people talk to their plants.  Some people talk to their pets. I talk to my house.

Happiness is a Monogram

Look what just came in the mail. A wooden three-letter monogram.

Dear Telegraph

The Telegraph recently posted the 101 greatest questions of all time. Aren’t you curious?

PS I Found You

I love writing this blog. Truly.  I think some days I love it more than a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream and sprinkles on top. More than walking along the beach with sand between my toes and finding the perfect piece of sea glass. Some days I love it more than finding a yard sale

The Twirly Whirly Skirt

One of the twins had to have a twirly whirly skirt.  I guess twirly whirly skirts are alll the rage if you are nine and Hannah Montana is your fashion icon. I saw her outside one day.  Arms lifted to the sky. Blonde hair floating in the wind. With a smile on her face. And her twirly whirly skirt was