Hopeful uplifting words just in case you need them-- Have to fail to move forward. We all do. "But some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all, in which case you fail by default." - J. … Continue Reading
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Cards Revisited & Made Again
These are Skirt in the Kitchen cards revisited and made again; improved and years later now marketed... Then new ones to add. These … Continue Reading
Café Cup Full
Psss... Come 'ere. I'm in a coffee shop, all by my comfortable-lonesome-but-not-lonely. The coffee is freshly pressed with its wispy aroma; and … Continue Reading
October Word Pic
Things Change
Things change whether we want them to or not. We change. Not just the seasons. Flower petals fall, leaves turn color, the wind even feels different-- In the Fall. We are like the seasons. If things … Continue Reading
Midwest Summer
Should you experience, eat cicadas? It is music to the ears to hear them. Many, many years ago, my little girl dug up a small raspberry plant from a far part of the yard--she replanted it on the front corner … Continue Reading
Coconut Dandelion Asparagus Soup w/Spring Greens
You know I've got to be different. I'm a kid in a candy store when I'm here with you. When I'm one with nature, but also-- When I'm finding all the wonderful things about life with you!-- And with God. … Continue Reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Things my mother taught me; that I cling to, that I hold on to: To keep going-- To never give up... To love God with all my heart. To rejoice a new day; and to simply rejoice when it's not such a good … Continue Reading
Who I Am/”Who Am I”?
Can I use this image? After all, it does coincidentally look like me! But the real me is inside me. As it is in you--who you are--the real you. Your appearance is the outer look. But you're … Continue Reading
Live & Let Live [32]
LIVE & LET LIVE--photos, arrangement and content by Susan Nuyt, Skirt in the Kitchen, All Rights Reserved Vtg MUDD Cropped Aztec Patched Jean Jacket A bitter heart makes a bitter home, a house … Continue Reading
“The Best Things in Life Are Free”
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" by Susan C. Kussman Miller, The Garden Key. Collaboration with Flower Fly and Susan Nuyt, photos contributed. The best things in life are free--the air we breathe, The … Continue Reading
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Does That Stop Being You?
Does that stop being you when God brings you from the womb? Does that stop being you as you grow from year to year? Does that stop being you as you grow up and mature? Does that stop being you as you learn … Continue Reading
Beside Myself
I had to leave town. I had to get gone. I had to disembrace. I had to be forgotten. I had to remain small beside myself. I had to be unmemorable. I had to desert to survive. I had to grieve then … Continue Reading
Birthday Wishes
Circle of One vinyl record … Continue Reading
Wordless Wednesday [1]
1/Vintage Treasure
The Essential Heart To fill the wall pocket planter: Keep (toxic) berries away from small children and pets--a reminder. Identically similar to other plants in the shrub … Continue Reading
Rose-Colored Glasses [36]
The Definitive Collection Rose-Colored Glasses for Breast Cancer Awareness- … Continue Reading
He’s Still My Dad
He was the only dad I ever had. He was funny, our clown at home when he wanted to make us laugh (and smile). He was timeless, always on time, however. He was the most giving person I ever knew (besides … Continue Reading
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Butterfly quotes Grace Vanderwaal, Beautiful Thing Ceramic Mushroom Art Mid-century ashtrays Nostalgic experience Growing a successful flower garden Cooking … Continue Reading
Mexican Spoon Cornbread & Chicken Gizzards
Hot pad purchased from RustyLanternVintage Vtg egg cup from Sell4college nails from beautifynails Modelled crochet apron purchased from RustyLanternVintage good … Continue Reading
A Good Mother
Some of the things that make a good mother a good mother-- She's unconditionally loving to her kids; she chooses to be even when things aren't going well.She puts aside her pride; she doesn't allow herself to be … Continue Reading
Rampage Blues
I love old things, don't you? Especially when they still have their good lines, those neat qualities about them--like this vintage denim Rampage coat jacket--a ranch work coat, or feed-the-chickens jacket when it's … Continue Reading
Going Forward
Going forward, "flying high"--blurred vision or not.Everybody gets a grade--"In America, we never, ever, ever stay down". Thank God for ambition and grit.No cookie is the same. What's the real concern, how do we … Continue Reading
Earth Day Observance 2021
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Petty Truths
A reminder: there'll always be somebody who will despise or literally hate you, no matter what--no matter what good you do/have done, no matter how sincerely kind you've been and are. They're hell-bent on … Continue Reading
These Feet
These feet are mine. They don't have to "march up" or walk to the beat of anybody's drum but to their own, and to me. I am every part of myself, internally and externally. I am connected to … Continue Reading
Cottage Hill Still Life & Preservation
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Goodbye to you…
You ostracized me for years (and my children; my family); discrimination of another kind-- goodbye to you... You were oftentimes hateful, striking your words like a match; or just a snooty bitch-- goodbye … Continue Reading
Red Hot Cherry Sponge Cake Part 2
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Q-Trumplican Debacle
I am so glad, glad, that Trump is gone. Gone! ...but, wait!--He's still lurking, still around poking with his tiny fingers, stirring the shit that he caused himself--not just the aggravated and assaulting … Continue Reading
Apologies from Heaven
"I'm sorry that I left you. That I took off and forsook you. I'm sorry that I chose to misunderstand you. I'm sorry for being a butte when it mattered the most not to be. I'm sorry that I never went back … Continue Reading
Thoughts & Reflections/Past & Present
This is a black Christmas tree from the prior Christmas, 2019--I just put everything on it this time in a humbug kind of way when I decorated it, this now, last year of 2020. Unless you're standing up close to … Continue Reading
“Patriots” vs. True Patriots
I don't think there are any shocks or surprises left. Could there be? What a way to start the new year. But, here we are. Long ago when it was blindly beginning--maybe nobody or not enough people noticed it. … Continue Reading
