Monthly Archives: April 2013

Yeah.  She really said that. And I tell you what…I could hardly see through my tears. She was sad about her missing puppy Max.  We say a prayer for him every night asking God to watch over him and keep … Continue reading →

Yes, I know.  What, WHAT exactly, did I expect????? When it snows for a week in April (and seriously, I stopped counting how many days in a row we had snowflakes of some sort floating around)…one can only assume that … Continue reading →

Just in case you were wondering…………………….. ………………it’s still snowing. And now, in just four days, we’ve gone from 79% of average snowpack for the year to 93% of snowpack.  In 4 days!!! The upside to all the white stuff….I may … Continue reading →

It was kindly brought to my attention that perhaps the views I expressed in my last post may have been a bit…well…over the top.  Reactionary.  Too much.  Almost “pot calling kettle”-esque.  (Of note, these weren’t the kind words used to … Continue reading →

FYI:  To those of you who might follow me on Facebook, I wanted to let you know I am now deleting my FB account. I’ve said I’m going to do this for a couple of years now…but I always chickened … Continue reading →

So many thoughts and emotions swirling through me this afternoon.  So many images in my brain…things I didn’t need to see, yet wanted to see so that somehow I could understand what they were talking about.  They being the news … Continue reading →

  This was what we woke up to this morning.  Or rather…Sunday morning.  (I tried to post them right away, but, as is the case when you live on the side of a mountain, in the middle of nowhere…the internet … Continue reading →

I don’t really quite know where to start. But, in true Maria-of-the-Abbey form, I’ll say (and not sing, as I don’t want to wake anyone up at the moment)…the beginning is a very good place to start. But then, I’m … Continue reading →