Enjoy a trip to the sugar bush this year...

Enjoy a trip to the sugar bush this year: The calendar turns to February. My own calendar is dotted with red hearts and stickers for celebrations. Even though it is a short winter’s month, there is much to do in northern Indiana. One of these events is the tapping of maple trees.

I took this photo inside the evaporating room.

Here is the link to this week's column...heading out to the Sugar Bush at Maple Wood Nature Center. Just click on the above link. Put the dates on your calendar and I will see you there!

As always, thank you for reading. Let me know if you are planning to head out to tap your own maple trees!

As always,

Lou Ann

We Accept | Airbnb

This was my favorite commercial in the Superbowl. It actually made me cry. This is why I am a proud host of Airbnb.

PBS Interview...

Here is the link to my PBS interview. My interview begins about 12 minutes into the piece. Thank you for watching!

I want to send a special thank you to Ft. Wayne PBS, Channel 39 for putting this all together. I had a great time!

Lou Ann

Tune in tonight!!

I am so excited to announce that tonight I will be the guest on Arts in Focus on PBS, channel 39 out of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

I received the call a few weeks ago and taped the show just two weeks ago. Yes, I was a bit nervous, but I do so love to talk!

The show seeks out my work as a storyteller and a writer. I share stories of my dad and how I create new work!! 

If you get a chance to tune in, the show airs at 7:30. See you on the other side!

 

Back on the bike...

Tonight I was coming home on my bike and took a swing around the mound. I had to stop and take a photo of Miss Columbia. She is 100 years old this year. We have lots of events planned for her and our community!! Isn't she beautiful?

The heartbeat of Angola...

 

Indiana on a Winter's Morn....

As I was traveling home this morning, I stopped the car to take this photo. The beauty of the land was so striking. I took a detour out into the country on my way home and was definitely rewarded. This photo is untouched....just the beauty of Indiana.

 

Indiana on a Winter's Morn...

As I was looking at this photo later, I thought of this lovely poem by Sara Teasdale...one of my favorite writers. Enjoy...

I should be glad of loneliness

And hours that go on broken wings,

A thirsty body, a tired heart

And the unchanging ache of things,

If I could make a single song

As lovely and as full of light,

As hushed and brief as a falling star

On a winter night.

Celebrating Chinese New Year with friends...

Celebrating Chinese New Year with friends: Sometimes when I walk through the upstairs hallway I think I can hear Mengting talking to her family in China. Or I think I see the light under the door and peak in to see if she needs a cup of tea while she is studying.

This was the Lion Dance at Trine a few years ago.

I took Jonah to the celebration at Trine this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the link to this week's column on Chinese New Year which happens to be today! I hope you enjoy it. Tonight is my own Chinese New Year celebration at my old house. Just click on the above link.

Thanks to my editor, Mike, and to all my readers.

Happy New Year's!

Everyone took home a lovely saying on a small piece of cardboard!