Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

I am a lazy gardener. I'm fortunate to live in an area with plentiful rainfall because otherwise my garden would be a wilted mess, like my houseplants. My husband has actually told me to quit buying h...

Mother's Day is coming and it can be hard to find a meaningful gift for mom or grandma. As a Mom AND a Nana, I can say that my favorite gifts are the handmade ones. I treasure every crooked letter my ...

Have you ever eaten scrambled pancakes? Because I made some this morning. A while ago I bought a fancy frying pan and everything seems to stick to the bottom of it. I've tried all different kinds of o...

May Day is one of my favorite holidays. As a child, I thought that making little vases, filling them with flowers, and ding-dong dashing them on neighbors' porches was the greatest thing ever. We woul...

Spring has sprung! Spring is such a happy time, isn't it? Bright colors surround us. Flowers are bursting forth in every color imaginable, the sky is bluer, and the greens are brighter. It's like we'r...

I pulled the plug and did a thing the other day. It was something I had wanted to do pretty much my entire adult life. I hired two lovely ladies to clean my house. It wasn't a decision I took lightly ...

The relationship between grandmas and grandkids is so special. I wasn't blessed to have a grandma to love and nurture me. So, when my first grandchild was born I realized that I may not have HAD a lov...

Since the beginning of time, has there ever been a perfect mother? I think we all know the answer to that question. No. No, there has not. But we try and we do our best, and for those who had a mom wh...

Do you ever just want to step off and hide from the world for a while? Does the constant influx of technology wear you out? Do you struggle with where to draw the line on screen time for yourself and ...

It started with a bit of a raw throat. I actually smiled when I felt it. I had just come from a visit with family, and they had been sick with colds. The dull sore throat was nothing more than a remin...