Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Traditions are fun, aren't they? It's interesting to me that the older kids are the ones that want to carry on our traditions. My younger grandkids are happy to experiment with new recipes, games and ...

I grew up in the Norman Rockwell era. Norman was a gifted artist. His paintings were not only beautiful, but they also told stories. They made you want to jump in and live there for a while. He was al...

Does your family don matching pajamas at Christmastime? There's something wonderful about receiving new sleepwear in December. Somehow it makes it easier for visions of sugar plums to dance through yo...

This weekend it's time to "fall back". At 2:00am on November 3rd, we turn our clocks back one hour. Some people look at this as gaining an hour of sleep. But, in the days that follow, this is me: That...

I LOVE seeing all the Holiday merchandise set up in October and here's why: I'm not tired and stressed by the season yet. I can just focus on the beauty of the Christmas merchandise. I was recently in...

I have said it many times before: I LOVE FALL! Fall is my reward for making it through the summer. The changing colors, sweaters, hot drinks, good books, rainy days, I love it all! So, when I saw thes...

If you take a walk right now, you can see leaves of all shapes and sizes and every color of the rainbow. That's one of the reasons I love Autumn. I'm attracted to color, and there is nothing like the ...

My love of mushrooms began when my kids were very young. I was a tired mommy whose husband worked six days a week. He left for work at noon and didn't get home until midnight. We shared a car, and we ...

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys ...

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." KJV of Genesis 1:1 The Bible begins this way. We have all heard this scripture so many times that we tend to gloss over the miraculous nature o...