Day 288: I filled last week with POTATO anecdotes. I bet you didn’t think I could. Well, this week is all about realizations. Their...

Day 287: I apply my lipstick in exactly the same way my mother did. I cook a Sunday roast exactly like she cooked a Sunday roast - every...

Day 286: My mother made amazing potato soup. At least I remember it as being the best potato soup on the planet. She turned a simple soup...

Day 285: The weather is changing. The harvest is wrapping up. I don’t think Fall will last as long as I was hoping it would before it...

Day 284: Mom was almost 6 months pregnant with me when she found out I wasn’t the flu. All through the Spud Harvest she felt ill, so...

Day 283: My dad’s father ran a commercial potato cellar, along with running his own farm. Farmers sold their crops to Grandpa and he...

Day 282: When I was a kid, our Fall Break from school was called Spud Harvest, and it was not a break. It was hard work. The local...

Day 281: Both of my parents graduated from Shelley High School in Shelley, Idaho. For those of you not up on your Idaho folklore, Shelley...

Day 280: Sawyer and Oliver are spending the day with me, and we are watching Conference so we can play our version of “Where’s Waldo?” We...

Day 279: Whatever your faith may be, I hope you can find some time on this busy October Smatterday to ponder your infinite worth, to...

Day 278: Friday FrightDay!! So, yesterday, when I got home from work, I parked in the driveway and began walking into the house, when I...

Day 277: The best thing about welcoming October is celebrating Oliver’s birthday! We should call it Ollie-tober! This darling grandson of...

Day 276: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this line for his character, Jordan, in The Great Gatsby, which was said, ironically, on the hottest...

Day 275: October 2nd. It has been twenty-two years since my big brother, Mark, passed away, and I’m reminiscing. Not about his death, or...

Day 274: It’s October! The gateway to the last quarter of the year. My mom would agree with Anne, of Green Gables fame. She loved falling...

Day 273: Another thing I would call Mom to share: “Terry is coming to visit today!” Mom would be just as excited as I am to have her...

Day 272: A Smatterday thing I would call my mother to say if I could . . . In typical Smatterday fashion, we have been working hard all...

Day 271: Another thing I would’ve called my mom to discuss . . . It’s been twenty-two years since my mother died. My daughter, Mallory,...

Day 270: Another thing I would’ve shared with Mom . . . National Daughters Day has calendaring issues. Some list it on September 25th,...

Day 269: Another thing I would’ve shared with Mom . . . I remember watching The Ed Sullivan Show with Mom when I was little. A frantic...