by kelly | Sep 25, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
Last week, I stopped into a local home improvement store looking for some mums to brighten up the frazzled summer planters on our front porch. As I walked towards the garden center, I noticed the clearance patio furniture was mingling with ghoulish zombies and...
by kelly | Sep 11, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
You’re either a fair person or you’re not. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday than strolling through poultry and rabbit exhibits, feeding miniature goats at the petting zoo, cheering on a tiny cowboy try to ride an oversized sheep without falling off,...
by kelly | May 8, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ, Senior Living
This is the 110th year that we’ve celebrated Mother’s Day in every U.S. state, according to Wikipedia. My earliest memories of celebrating my mom involved breaking off a few purple lilac blooms from the backyard and wrapping them in a damp paper towel to present to...
by kelly | Feb 13, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia
I still remember the agony of a certain fourth-grade assignment years ago. Scraps of pink, red and white paper littered the floor as our classroom full of 10-year-olds cut out hearts with blunt-end scissors. We tried to make lacy doilies by folding our hearts and...
by kelly | Jan 15, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia
Each year, January is the month I resolve to become more organized. Like many resolutions, I start strong. I put out cardboard boxes in the spare bedroom, with post-it notes marked “donate,” “keep,” or “toss” on them. I pack up random mugs and unused kitchen tools....
