Happy Birthday, America!
$20 in Your Pocket? : List of Bangor Area Thrift Shops.
Our family loves a good thrift shop. Our house, our closets, and our bookshelves are filled with goodies that cost pennies on the dollar. From comic books to muck boots to furniture and kitchen sinks … the Bangor area is full of non-profit thrift shops to meet every need. Not only can you save good money […]
So Your Friend is Having a Panic Attack : A Public Service Announcement.
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Hello, from This Handmade Life.
Hello BDN readers! Welcome to my humble blog. Recently, the Bangor Daily News asked me to share this blog with their readers via their online newspaper edition. I would love to begin by giving you some lofty reason for my writing this blog. I want to treat you to the perfect elevator speech about the theme […]
Happy 41st Birthday, Halis!
About a week ago, I had lunch with my dear friend and fellow photographer, Jim Counihan. This sweet man described a gift he had created for his best friend’s birthday. This best friend loves Maine but does not live here. So, Jim created a photo album full of pictures of some of his friend’s favorite […]
Remembering Our Journey to Isaac – As We Take the Journey to Our Next Miracle.
Today, a dear friend of mine posted this as her facebook status: Tell me a story. And so I did: On August 21, 2005 – I made a trip to Haiti to meet my son for the first time. He was 5 months old and living in an orphanage in Port-au-Prince. I had seen photos of […]
One Year Ago Today.
I have spent nearly a year trying to figure out how in the world I can convey to readers of this blog the magnitude of what my family endured on January 13, 2013. Not just the tragic stuff, but the amazing and unexpected good that came from an event that was so devastating. I have […]
Here We Go Again …
First Day of 3rd Grade. Homeschool style. This means we made it through 2nd Grade (so says the lovely lady who approved our 2nd Grade portfolio and passed us on to Grade 3). Which means, apparently, that I know how to teach up to 2nd Grade. This makes me feel semi-proud. Yeah, I taught my […]