A Place Like This

Author: Valarie Budayr

  • The Winter Edition and the Most Incredible Giveaway

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       The new Rhythm of the Home edition is out today. It is filled with the light, warmth , and love that winter brings. ROTH is starting it's second year, and this issue is full of the most wonderful ideas and special moments to create for you, your family, and loved ones. An enormous thank you goes out…

  • Tuesday Through My Winter Window

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    I'm joining Julie for the winter edition of Tuesday Through My Window. With the first of advent passing by on Sunday, the wooden stars have been placed in the windows. I love the flicker of soft lights this time of year.  The weather has been a mix of very warm and then turning to very…

  • King Arthur’s Other Table

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    For about 12 years the same gathering of family and friends have met together to celebrate Thanksgiving. The adults sit in the dining-room and the kids sit at the "kids table". That was until our children grew up and we now have more adults than children.   "Isn't there someway we could all sit at…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

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        The year has turned its circle,The seasons come and go.The harvest all is gathered inAnd chilly north winds blow. Orchards have shared their treasures,The fields, their yellow grain,So open wide the doorway —Thanksgiving comes again! Old Rhyme.  I wish all of you in the States a very happy Thanksgiving and for those of…

  • Some Things in my Ear

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    Yesterday Mimi and I headed to the store to do what's known as the "big shop"; buying everything needed for Thanksgiving dinner. With all of the cooking,crafting, and writing I'm doing lately, I have many things loaded onto my ipod to work by.  Some of them are  very unique items and others are old friends but…

  • There’s No Place Like Home

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    Last Friday, on a very fogging morning, ….  I drove to Nashville to pick up daughter No. 2. A banjo clad Mimi coming home for the Thanksgiving holidays.  We arrived back home in the afternoon and spent a wonderful day just hanging out. As dinner time approached we decided to head to Ruby Tuesdays and then onto watch HP7 (Harry Potter…

  • The Firestarter

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    We had the most amazing storm the other day and aside from losing three shutters off the house, I knew by the chill in the wind that "the question" would start in earnest. "The question" actually started two and half weeks ago during our indian summer. With much enthusiasm "O" asked, "Is it cold enough…

  • Martin Goose

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    The harvest has been put away and the days of darkness have arrived. We light our handmade lanterns and slowly walk around the garden. Although it is dark outside our lanterns remind us to bring the light and warmth inside during the darkest time of the year.   The sunlight fast is dwindling, My little…

  • Felt Ball Afternoon

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      Over the weekend the weather turned very cold and we saw our first snow flurries. With it, brought a whole bunch of children up to my house for an afternoon of felt ball making. Use a variety of colors of roving. Make a bowl of hot soapy water: 3 tbsp of clear dishwashing soap…

  • {This Moment} New Friends

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    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a great weekend.