Author Archives: Kay Pelham

Who Got Here First and What in the World are We to do at this point

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Kay Pelham

“Illegal” immigration. Oh, the debates that this brings up. Are the immigration laws even moral and just? That’s the present. Do we consider the past in determining what should be done in the present? Who got here first, anyways? And … Continue reading →

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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (or, I Wished to Live Deliberately)

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I stole those phrases from Thoreau. One is a chapter title from Walden, and the other is the very famous phrase from that chapter: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…” I’m currently reading Walden in … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Sorry About My Dad

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I have had this post going on in my head since October, 2015. That’s when my Dad died. My Dad had many people who thought well of him and many, many who came to the visitations at the funeral home … Continue reading →

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Little House and my Happy Golden Years

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Kay Pelham

One of the reasons I’m grateful that I got to have at least one child is that I was given the opportunity to revisit the Little House series. My old books, purchased in the late 60s/early 70s, got to come … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the Memories

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I’m actually not very good with remembering things. I was listening to a podcast with Karen Glass, author of Know and Tell: The Art of Narration, and she mentioned that Charlotte Mason made a distinction between Memorization and Memory. Yep, … Continue reading →

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I’m Jolly Well Going to Get Some of the Advantages, Too

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I am the fourth of my parents’ five children. Our youngest sibling passed from this life at the age of 31 from cancer. That was an anomaly in our family longevity, except for our maternal grandmother who died at 36 … Continue reading →

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‘Times Were Much Simpler Then’

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I’m listening to a wonderful interview (video at end of post) with historian David McCullough, whose most famous work is probably his John Adams biography. Don’t let the title fool you; in this hour-long interview he talks about much more … Continue reading →

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‘Only Human’

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Kay Pelham

“Wow! that was very thoughtful of you!” “Oh, it was nothing, I’m only Human.” “Way to see the potential consequences of your actions and choose to act differently.” “Oh, it was nothing. I’m purely Human.” “You planned an awesome party … Continue reading →

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To Be or not To Be

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I am currently reading A Circle of Quiet, the first of Madeleine L’Engle’s Crosswicks Journals. She uses and discusses the word ‘ontology’ a lot in these writings, and it’s really making me a little crazy because, although I’ve looked up the definition … Continue reading →

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Celebrate, or Keep on the sunny side

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Kay Pelham

With a little help from my friends, I chose Celebrate as my word for 2018. I don’t remember exactly how he put it (as I am wont to do), but Jack’s hope for me was to stop myself when I’m … Continue reading →

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