When you are young, every wait is long. Every trip in the car is endless. Christmas never comes soon enough. Life drags along at a snail’s pace and never seems to go anywhere. As you get older, time seems to speed up. A semester is gone in the blink of an eye. Summer break isContinue reading “The Long Wait”
Author Archives: Dianne Lehmann
Startlement
There are three kinds of people. Well, arguably, there are many more than three kinds of people. But when you are talking about startling someone, basically, there are just three kinds. The first kind will fall all over themselves to get away from what has just startled them. I’ve seen it again and again. SomeoneContinue reading “Startlement”
How to Know When Enough is Enough and when Enough is Too Much
I’m not talking about the Pandemic or the brouhaha over health care reform and other large things. Because, let’s face it, the big things are usually self-limiting. The Pandemic can only go on for so long. And they’re probably never really going to reform health care. I’m talking about the little things we have toContinue reading “How to Know When Enough is Enough and when Enough is Too Much”
Feelings
One key to creating a better life is to choose what you want to feel, and for how long you want to feel it. This means taking responsibility for what you feel. No more “He made me so mad” or “Don’t make me regret this.” The first time someone explained this to me was aContinue reading “Feelings”
The Path Forward
This is not about the Pandemic (with a capital “p” because it’s been so significant in just about everyone’s life for the last year or so). I’ve been mired in the past the last few weeks. I’ve dreamed of horses and wished they were still in my life. It has made me sad and forcedContinue reading “The Path Forward”
Winter’s Last Hurrah … Hopefully
Moving to Wyoming from the higher elevations of Arizona didn’t require that we make too many adjustments to our regular routines. Yes, the winter was colder. Yes, it snowed more often. Yes, our heating bills have been higher. But all in all, we’ve all (including our dog Maddie) weathered it well. There were two things,Continue reading “Winter’s Last Hurrah … Hopefully”
Second Shots
My husband and I got the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on February 4, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. We had read numerous accounts of side effects (maybe not such a good idea, but we couldn’t help ourselves) but still wondered how it would affect the both of us. For me, it turned outContinue reading “Second Shots”
Things I Don’t Understand, Part Three
Is French Toast Really French? According to legend, it was created by a man named Joseph French. But it is known by a variety of names including German toast, eggy bread, French-fried bread, gypsy toast, Poor Knights of Windsor, Spanish toast, nun’s toast, and pain perdu which means “lost bread” in French. So it seemsContinue reading “Things I Don’t Understand, Part Three”
In Praise of the Puff
I’ve been crocheting for what seems like most of my life. That sort of sounds like I mean non-stop crocheting. I don’t. There have been a myriad of distinct projects with time in between where I don’t crochet at all. Really. Crochet is not my life. Really. I taught myself to crochet when I wasContinue reading “In Praise of the Puff”
Painting Cabinets
The house I grew up in was probably more on the functional end of the spectrum rather than the aesthetic. When my mom decided to paint the kitchen cabinets she’d let Dad know. Mom couldn’t be too choosy about the color. Dad would go buy the cheapest paint he could find which was usually aContinue reading “Painting Cabinets”
