Thank you, sweet Betty.

I am a blessed kiddo. Nels & I got this table for FREE last week… From sweet Miss Betty, who called me “babe.” Goodbye, miserable, trashy, torn-up card table. Yahweh provides.  Here’s to: dinner parties and a soon-to-begin tradition of family meals at the Carlson table! Heck yeah. And yes, you’re invited.

Summum Bonum

Summum Bonum (by Robert Browning) All the breath and the bloom of the year      in the bag of one bee All the wonder and wealth of the mine      in the heart of one gem In the core of one pearl all the shade       and the shine of the sea Breath and bloom, shade…