by Leslie Sholly | Sep 11, 2016 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
Everyone who’s old enough to remember has a 9/11 story. Mine is probably fairly typical of those of us with no personal connection to the events, and I’ve never written about it because it feels too much like trying to hop on the tragedy train in order to...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 5, 2016 | FIRE, Uncategorized
When I was a little girl, Labor Day meant watching Jerry Lewis, waiting to hear our names called out on the telethon for our donation. It meant fried chicken and deviled eggs and buttermilk ice cream at my cousins’ house. Later it became the day that my cousin...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 25, 2016 | family, FIRE, home decor, Uncategorized
Growing up, I spent every Friday night at my grandparents’ home, only a few blocks away from my own. And we were often in and out of their house during the week as well. Like as not, when I walked in, I’d find my grandfather sitting in the living room in...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 10, 2014 | FIRE
“The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.” ― Pierre Corneille I’ve been debating all day whether to write this or not . . . but I’m still thinking about it so I guess I will go ahead. I came across a blog post today in which the...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 8, 2014 | FIRE
Last night I dreamt that my family and I were standing outside our house (only, because this was a dream, it wasn’t THIS house, but rather the one I lived in from age 11 until I got married). We heard that scary cracking sound that lets you know that a big tree...