The little guy in the back is Stinkie. The pink one in the front is Pinkie (I am SO IMAGINATIVE) and the red lady is Bess. Bess had a little friend, also red, called Porgie, but he shuffled off to Buffalo in August, not being able to take the heat wave. Losing a pig to…
Author: Jennifer Banniettis
So Now I’m KETO?
I dunno. I say that because I’m trying to learn a new way to cook. Not just cook! I’m learning a new way to live …………… Way back in March, my husband decided to lose weight. I listened (because it was on) to multiple YouTube videos by “doctors” opining on what you should eat, when…
And then there are two
These lovely people are my parents way back in 1961. We were at a family reunion of the Keller family in Gibson City, Illinois. Mom looked like she wasn’t having a bad time. I’m not sure about Dad – somehow he looks like he would rather be somewhere else. LOL My mom was a traditional…
Harvest Moon ……………
My garden has been beautiful this year. Last year I couldn’t do any gardening at all – NOTHING. This year my knee is AWESOME and I can walk and bend and run, if I wanted to. I don’t want to. We had our first frost warnings Monday night. I’m okay with frost at this point….
On the Subject of Creativity …………..
I have a bit of a problem. See, The Shepherd decided we need a new wood stove. I agree 100% and in fact it is almost ready to hook up. I’m hoping it will take him a few more days because I KNOW HE WILL GO GET WOOD AND MAKE A FIRE. And it is…
Cleaning House – Well, Part of the House
I am only posting that picture in order to shame myself into organizing (cleaning) my sewing room, a/k/a studio. I have a problem with the word studio. It sounds like I’m a productive artist person – which tickles my guilt bone – because I SHOULD BE A PRODUCTIVE ARTIST PERSON and instead I am a…
Mercury Retrograde and Being a Pain
I like doing this stuff, you know. Messing with colors, sprinkling on dyes and saturating the cloth with soda ash …………….. waiting FOREVER to see what it looks like – I love it. Then I like actually DOING something with the fabric. I’ve been on a garment sewing kick since 2008 when I bought my…
Just Being Here Now
Being where I am, and not being where I’m not – that’s my recipe for living. You could call it mindfulness, total meditation or Zen. Whatever you call it, for me it is the only way I can function. And it isn’t easy, paying attention. It doesn’t matter whether I’m depressed, angry, ecstatically happy or…
Imogene the Precious
Here she is! This is ImmaJean and she’s 5 years old and cuter than a bug in a rug. She’s super mellow too, which helps blending in here in The Shephed’s Den extremely easy. It’s been a LONG TIME since I had a kitty!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss all of them and I am so happy to…
COVID-19 and the Fear of Death
I want to distill for you what is happening in our world, right now, at this moment, for the last year and a half. The Cosmic Consciousness, God, the Universe – however you want to describe the spirit that is found IN EVERY LAST ONE OF US – wants us to come to terms with…
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