Month: April 2015

Six Words on Wednesday at Coach Daddy

Last Wednesday of the month? That means it’s time to visit Eli over at Coach Daddy for his 6 Words post. April 29 is wish day so we’re making wishes…for someone else.  Come take a look – you’ll see the names of many of your favorites on the list. And I’ll bet you can find…

By Lisa April 29, 2015 Off

TToT – Another Busy Weekend

There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Last weekend I struggled to find time to write my TToT in between all the things. And no, of course I didn’t write it before things got busy. That would have been much too logical. I finally ended up slipping in at the end of the…

By Lisa April 25, 2015 Off

How to Live with Special Dietary Needs

I’m a travelling expert today. What do you do when your child has a food allergy or sensitivity? When they react adversely to food ingredients? You figure out how to avoid them. And doing that is actually pretty simple. Our Zilla can not consume artificial food dyes. Well, she can, but the results are not…

By Lisa April 22, 2015 Off

1000Speak – Nurturing the Self

No one wants to be called selfish. We want people to say that we are generous and other-centered. We want people to call us kind and compassionate. We want to actually be all of these things. We are taught that it is good to be selfless. But we misinterpret that. Look at the word – selfless.…

By Lisa April 20, 2015 Off

Love in Ten Lines – Simple Love

Some of my dear bloggy friends, Ivy at Uncharted and Christina and Tony at The Plagued Parent tapped me for the Ten Lines about Love poetry challenge (or whatever the actual name is). I put it on my to-do list and promptly forgot about it. Then I wrote the poem and promptly forgot about it.  So…

By Lisa April 15, 2015 Off

Rotten Cat Wednesday

This is Cat One. When I took this photo, he was howling at me because the laundry basket was in “his” spot at the foot of our bed. And here he is happy after I removed the offending basket. After the photo, he immediately proceeded to lick himself enthusiastically. Nobody needs to see that. Here…

By Lisa April 14, 2015 Off

Now Taking Center Stage – An Interview with Tamara Woods

Want to get inside the mind of a poet? Today is your lucky day! Making a stop on her blog tour and joining us for a brief interview this morning is Tamara Woods, author of The Shaping of an “Angry” Black Woman. If you have not experienced Tamara’s words through the page or through her videos,…

By Lisa April 14, 2015 Off