MT Penny

Hello Hatters, I hear sounds everywhere I go. The air cleaner by my bed has a particular hum that lures me to sleep. The alarm clock on...

Hello Hatters, While I was on vacation last week, I went with a friend to a bird sanctuary. There were many photographers on the lower...

Hello Hatters, During the month of February, my state experienced a severe freeze with lasting snowfall for 4 to 5 days. It was so...

Hello Hatters, It’s been two and a half years since my mom passed away. There are so many things that come to mind about mom; the...

Hello Hatters, Do you remember the 1971 song, “If,” by the band, Bread? The famous line in that song was, “If a picture paints a...

Hello Hatters, I've had an LED blinking tree up in my living room since November of last year. So, it’s been up for five months now. ...

Hello Hatters, Candles were lit at my daughter’s and my new son-in-law’s wedding last weekend. There were six memorial remembrances to...

Hello Hatters, It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written. I’ve been sharing some specific sorrows with a close knit group of family and...

Hello Hatters, Being that today is bittersweet due to a wedding anniversary without my Country Hubby, I did the next best thing I could...

Hello Hatters, The difference between a week or a day or even an hour is crazy. I’m bewildered about the path before me… I have hard...

Hello Hatters, Many years have passed since I pursued any kind of crafting or creating. This lack of involvement using artsy or practical...

Hello Hatters, So many things happened in the last week that it makes my head spin. When I top that with a peculiar agitation in my...

Hello Hatters, A canvas I treasure was created by Country Hubby. In his work, he matched different paint colors. As he finished a...

Hello Hatters, The daunting question on my mind lately is how many years will I live without Country Hubby? It is a sad, if not morbid,...

Hello Hatters, I recently gave away some vases to my daughters. It tugged at my heart realizing that I wouldn’t be getting any more...

Hello Hatters, Yesterday, I thought I was on my way to feeling better about this grief process. Yesterday, I had an emotionally leveled...

Hello Hatters, No one can carry the grief for which we experience. I keep hearing the same sentence in my head, “Everyone grieves...

Yesterday’s events at our nation’s capital left me avoiding the news feed today. I flipped through the channels, and came upon the movie,...

Hello Hatters, I feel gut punched as I process the grief of losing Country Hubby. Some of the pain stems from questions about the last...

Hello Hatters, Today I start working full days for the first time since Country Hubby passed away. I was reading in Deuteronomy, chapter...