A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog about gratitude. I wrote that I was grateful for my kitchen table. Yes, I know that’s an unusual thing to praise and honor but I love my kitchen table. What is it about a simple functional piece of furniture that makes me so grateful for it?… Continue reading Not Just Any Old Table
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Welcome to Utah
Since moving to Utah, we have noticed a few things that are uniquely Utah. Take this... Or this... And this... And one of my all-time favorites... I am slowly getting educated on the soda culture in Utah. I've seriously never seen anything like it --places like Swig, Sodalicious and Fiiz everywhere. These are small soda shops (sometimes nothing more than a… Continue reading Welcome to Utah
10 Lessons about moving
I keep a five-year journal , a charming little gem that allows me to write five-line entries for five years. Every day, it tells me exactly what I was doing the previous year on the same day. My daily entries from last year at this time included : Last visit to our home in Virginia. That… Continue reading 10 Lessons about moving
Welcome Home
Several years ago, I interviewed Jeanne Marie Laskas, a columnist for The Washington Post Magazine, who wrote the weekly column called Significant Others. I asked her how she came up with a column topic every week for over 14 years. She said her ideas came from thinking about what moved or touched her that week. I often… Continue reading Welcome Home
In Like a Lion
Happy March! Yesterday I woke up to a winter wonderland, again. Felt like the movie Groundhog Day. Remember Bill Murray waking up day after day and experiencing the exact same thing over and over? "I'll give you a winter prediction: it's gonna be cold , it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last for the… Continue reading In Like a Lion
Laurie Snow Turner 