Silver Valley Stories

Sundays are wonderful days to take a nap. And today, a nap was especially needed as my body adjusts to Usually it takes about a week...

I often run into people throughout the week who ask me this question. How is your book coming? That is because I made a rather public di...

The first T.V. I remembered in our home was a small black and white one. Then we went to color. Most of the T.V. watching I reme...

Tonight Paul and I went to see the play "W;t" at the Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d'Alene with our friends Linda and Wyatt.  ...

My Idaho roots go way back. My grandparents on my mother's side were born in Idaho. My dad was born in Idaho. I was born in Id...

I was having the KHS ninth graders do some computer coding in class last week, and it got me to thinking about my experience with computers....

February has been an interesting month. There were some very strange things that happened, that makes myself ask the question, "What ...

There are times when I feel changes are coming in my life, so I need to take time and prepare my heart. This time of preparedness for ...

It has been a while since we have been together with my husband's family. Tonight we gathered to celebrate Paul's sister's 50t...

I am visiting Meridian, Idaho. As we were driving into town today, it seems like a life time ago that my home was Meridian, Idaho. P...

I admire Mother Teresa. I heard a story about her from a man who tried to have her come and speak at a Christian conference he was helping...

About 20 years ago Paul and I attended a conference in Boise, Idaho and one of the speakers was a man named Tony Compolo.  At the time, Comp...

I like to have a glass of wine every now and then. And it usually tastes very good.  Except when it doesn't. Have you ever had a b...

I've been experiencing some new things in my life these past two months in regards to exercise. Here are some clues: Deep Breath In....

Last year my husband and I led a Bible Study in our home based called “The Essential Commandment”.   For about a year, we studied these ver...

I feel like I am pretty good at controlling the walls inside. What I mean by this, is that I show you who I want you to see.  Which ...

Baking I grab a cookbook off the shelf. I choose a recipe. I gather the ingredients. I choose a bowl, and in goes the flour, sugar, ...

I'm not exactly sure when my love of Canada happened, but there are many things about the Canadian culture that I love. Some of it ...

Yesterday when I was in class with the 8th graders, one of them made a comment about how being a stay at home mom is not a career.  Mostly I...

Yes, I try to be nice. But is that what I am suppose to do? All situations don't call for us to "be nice".  And when I r...