How does one appropriately mourn, nearly a thousand miles removed from our Nation’s capital and the immediacy of the day’s solemn events? I have pondered… ( Read More )
Tiny House
I enjoy watching programs about tiny houses. I totally “get” the concept; a simpler lifestyle, less to clean, the necessities and comforts of home with… ( Read More )
All Aboard!
As I write this, we are rolling through Northern Illinois, watching the scenery roll slowly by. Our return to Chicago aboard the California Zephyr marks… ( Read More )
I can change… if I have to… I guess.
When I named this blog lifeatroomtemperature, I was thinking about all the everyday things that make up a person’s journeys around the sun. I have… ( Read More )
red letter day
I recently ran across a snippet of a blog entry, started last year in response to an article declaring November 15 as “National Clean Out… ( Read More )
Images
I have never liked pictures of myself. My love-hate relationship with photographs dates back to my primary school days. School picture day was a big… ( Read More )
home is where you hang your heart
As a newlywed in the 1980’s, I dabbled in handcrafts. The “Country” motif was at the height of popularity in those days, and I was… ( Read More )
memories
I was scrolling through a popular social media site one rainy Saturday morning when I happened upon a picture with the caption “Old Fashioned Donut… ( Read More )
journey
I was eighteen years old the first time I visited Old Joe, Arkansas. I was a guest of our pastor’s family, whose son had caught… ( Read More )
Climbing
I stared at the blinking cursor. Before me was a blank clean page, waiting for words. I typed a title and a sentence or two,… ( Read More )