by Leslie Sholly | Nov 14, 2015 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Knoxville, linkups
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right. – Maya Angelou You can’t go home again isn’t just metaphorical for many people. The first home I ever knew–the married student housing apartments where...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2012 | Catholicism, family, FIRE
Last year getting ready for Christmas was . . . strange. And maybe I will write more about that letter. But reading this guest post I did last year brings it all back. Go read it while you are waiting for new content! Share this:TweetShare on...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2012 | Catholicism
. . . because NaBloPoMo is over, and I did it! One post every day for a month. Now it turns out they have a monthly version of it now, and maybe it will be a good thing to do in January, but December is busy enough. I’m going to start off the month, though,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 20, 2012 | cooking, family, food, Gratitude
That’s my counter, waiting for tomorrow. We are hosting Thanksgiving for the first time in several years, and I expect to be cooking all day. I hope to have only the turkey to deal with on Thursday. When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was so comforting,...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 14, 2012 | Catholicism, Gratitude
As I’ve written before, I love Easter. It’s my favorite holiday. This Easter felt like even a bigger deal than usual to me. For one thing, all holidays post-fire feel like milestones. I know what happened to us doesn’t compare to a death in the...