by Sue Schlabach | Jan 10, 2020 | Artisanal Living, Chickens, Family
The last months of 2019 are in the rearview mirror, and I’m happy to have them behind me. I leave that time a little bruised and vulnerable, having lost my mother to a rapid decline from stage 4 cancer in mid November. She was a force of nature and a muse to...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 12, 2019 | Family, Friendship
On a waterfront plaza in Kingston, Ontario, last week our family of three saw a women with a Free Hugs sign. The woman was in her 60s and was with another friend. No one was taking her up on the offer, and I casually suggested to my daughter that she get a hug. She...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 26, 2019 | Family, Reading
Recently the poet David J. Bauman shared some lines from Audre Lourde. My eyes are still wet while processing her words about listening and speaking and all the nuance in between. We had a spirited dinner discussion last night about the power of listening and when to...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 15, 2017 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, Family, Vermont
There is a little village near here where my family lives. My brother and his wife moved there in 1995, and this small town—with only a couple hundred residents—took them in. My parents bought a house around the corner from my brother in 2004, and also became active...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 25, 2013 | Christmas, Family, Holidays, Travel
Merry Christmas to you all from Pennsylvania. This may be the first candlelit tree I’ve seen in person. We glimpsed it last night after the Moravian service in Lititz, Pennsylvania. This has been a holiday filled with singing. Tonight I am hoarse from an...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 22, 2012 | Autumn, Eating and Cooking, Family, Holidays, Travel
Happy Thanksgiving from the American prairie. Here we are in Kansas. An eclectic feast is simmering in the kitchen- tamales side-by-side with turkey gravy. Two pumpkin pies bake, scenting the air with allspice and cinnamon. We’ve come here from Vermont,...
