When you just can’t get enough pumpkin: A pumpkin cookie recipe November 20, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes With a pumpkin cookie in hand, how can you feel anything but grateful?
Week in My Life 2017: Sunday November 19, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized Our 7-year-old climbs into bed next to me, and I know I should get up. But he wants to make conversation, and I can never get enough of that.
Week in My Life 2017: Saturday November 18, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Saturday starts as all Saturdays do, with children who bound out of bed before their parents do—a good sign since we were at the pediatrician’s office yesterday.
Week in My Life 2017: Friday November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our children are off today, so the morning starts with a sense of calm. There are no lunches to pack, no last-minute homework assignments to do, no field trip forms to forget.
Birthday celebrating, toy shopping, and doing more holy things today (7 Quick Takes) November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m chronicling our daily lives on the blog this week in the Week in My Life challenge, so I could probably have given myself a break from 7 quick takes.
Goodbye to one of the good guys November 17, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex After decades of producing stories that go into a depth not found in some other outlets, and after many years managing newsrooms, editing pages and mentoring others, Joe Ryan is hanging up his red pen.
Week in My Life 2017: Thursday November 16, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Morning comes quickly. As I get things ready for the day, I keep in mind that I will be at a work event late into the evening.
Week in My Life 2017: Wednesday November 15, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.
Week in My Life 2017: Tuesday November 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window A stuffed cow and his owner crawl into my bed to wake me up, and I realize the morning is already getting away from us.
Week in My Life 2017: Monday November 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.
Fair winds and following seas: A sailor remembered on Veterans Day November 10, 2017By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: Blog, Guest Commentary Our soldiers, sailors and their families have, and will continue to sacrifice for our nation’s ideals. They do so willingly without fanfare or recognition.
A Golden Birthday, a gratitude garland, how mothers are dictionaries, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 9, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our older son is 10 today—double digits! It’s his golden birthday (10 on the 10th), and he has been counting down the days, of course.
