A Short Story I never finished writing

By Elizabeth Prata When I was married we traveled for our days. We had gotten rid of all our debt, lived in a mortgage free cabin, and saved. This was so that we would have discretionary funds to do what we wanted, and what we wanted was to see the world. I was not saved …

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Happy New Year! School break review

By Elizabeth Prata It's been a quiet holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year's. During the time between Thanksgiving and December 16 at school, it was extremely busy and extremely tiring. It seems to me that each year gets busier, just as we get older and have less energy to deal with the busy-ness. Maybe …

Snow

By Elizabeth Prata It's winter now in Georgia. Winter means temps in the 50s during the day and just at or slightly under freezing overnight. We get occasional rain, a cold rain, but then a hearty sun that warms the bones inside the car, making it feel almost summer. There are occasional frost or freeze …

Art series #9: A new decorating fad- books?

By Elizabeth Prata I've always thought of dust jacket art as art. And the books themselves (in the olden days) were also works of art. End papers marbled to perfection, edges in gilt, covers of tree calf or leather, yum! So artistic! Photo from this etsy shop I also delved into the altered book method. …

Vintage Store Haul: Half Price sale and some cool stuff

By Elizabeth Prata There is no tired like working in an elementary school the weekend before Halloween tired. The kids were adorable, but bonkers. Candy-candy-candy! I do declare they like Halloween as much or even more than Christmas. Their costumes were precious, and I saw some homemade ones that made me laugh heartily. I managed …

People won’t work any more

By Elizabeth Prata Photo by Eduardo Soares on Unsplash I made a trip to Kroger for groceries after school Friday. I looked forward to stocking up on veggies and fruit for the weekend. I found a Tilapia filet and some smoked salmon trimmings, as well. I planned a nice supper of pan seared tilapia and …

Free art score at The Special Store

By Elizabeth Prata My favorite vintage store is having a half off sale. She has new inventory that she wants to install in the many-roomed store, and so, everything and anything in the store was half off to make room for new stuff. She was also giving away free art. I saw this piece. It …

Of crows and mobs

By Elizabeth Prata When I was on my overnight trip to a farm this week, I spent time outside in the gazebo swing just admiring the October sky and enjoying the peace and quiet. Suddenly the peaceful scene was punctuated by a murder of crows squawking at high volume. I looked up to the clear …

My Trip to Thomson #3

By Elizabeth Prata My Trip #1 My Trip #2 Over this week off from school, I took an overnight trip to an antique cabin on a working farm. I enjoyed the screened porch, sunset, the animals, and he peace and quiet. Georgia is a beautiful state and the scenery on the drive down didn't disappoint. …

Art series #8: Mexican feather folk art

By Elizabeth Prata At the cabin where I stayed a few days ago, the walls are covered with folk art, original drawings and illustrations, old photos, and newspaper clippings. But the main folk art in which the walls are covered, is Mexican feather folk art. There was a lot of it. Someone sure enjoyed collecting …