Beyond Lashley Lane

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Topic Suggestions
Search

Meat Hungry

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 / Molly Mitchell / 5 Comments

When you tell life stories to people do you wonder if there's any common thread between the teller and the listener, the writer and the reader? I do. Can you relate to me? Can I relate to you? Do my words speak your language? Certainly we are not all the same age (stop clapping your … Continue reading Meat Hungry

Relentless Goodwill (Ugh)

December 1, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 5 Comments

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I stood chit chatting with a lady at church. She was somewhat older than I, respected in the congregation, a well-liked person with a nice circle of friends both there and in the community. She explained to me why she and her family decided to … Continue reading Relentless Goodwill (Ugh)

In the Light of Goldie

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 4 Comments

Louella Goldie Westmoreland lived 32 years, never married or became a mother, did not know the enjoyment of a good book or scintillating after-dinner conversation, did not attend school and was dependent on her loved ones to care for her. A high fever as an infant immediately changed her life and the lives of her … Continue reading In the Light of Goldie

Hidden Pictures

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 9 Comments

On a strangely quiet Monday I took a photo of where I sat. It's my desk in my "office." It's not really just an office. And it's not really just mine. We'll call it multifunctional. Jointly owned. In here I read, write, research, organize, study, pray, ponder, water plants, stitch, search the file cabinet for … Continue reading Hidden Pictures

Pen Pal Marty

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 1 Comment

When color TV came to our basement in the late 60s, it brought with it the bloody reality of the nightly news of Vietnam. The war had been safely gray up to that point. In 1968 I was just seven and in 2nd grade but "Hanoi" and "Saigon" were familiar words to me, though without … Continue reading Pen Pal Marty

The End of Coco’s Tail

July 20, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 4 Comments

It begins long before the tale of Coco's tail, way before my boyfriend introduced me to his own actual family. We start here. On 1st Street in Nampa, Idaho. In this old house. Once upon a time there was a skinny college boy who needed a place to stay during the summer. The boy had … Continue reading The End of Coco’s Tail

Ebenezer

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 5 Comments

The smell of wood smoke rises from the old stone chimney of the Ramble In if my eyes are closed and my head held at a proper tilt. I can feel the thin Rocky Mountain air in my well-adapted young lungs and hear pine needle covered trails crunch under my feet as I scramble up, … Continue reading Ebenezer

Dominick and the Duck

June 6, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 5 Comments

Far far away, many many years ago in a Kindergarten classroom on the last day of school, five-year old Dominick gave me a little clay duck. Well, I've always called it a duck but truthfully its identity is a bit vague. You decide. To reveal the immediate thought that ran through my head might paint … Continue reading Dominick and the Duck

A Whittled Goodbye

March 30, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 9 Comments

There were a lot of words on this page just a few minutes ago. It felt a little silly when all I really want to say is, "thank you." So I whittled a tree down to a toothpick. Writing an occasional word to you has been a unique journey for me, a steep learning curve … Continue reading A Whittled Goodbye

Mrs. Farkas

March 26, 2022March 27, 2022 / Molly Mitchell / 4 Comments

On a narrow street in a small city in Idaho there lived an unassuming little lady who saved our family's musical bacon. She really did. No two ways about it. Ruth Farkas of Koster Street. She was a missing puzzle piece we didn't know we needed. Roxanne's very first piano lesson on Koster Street At … Continue reading Mrs. Farkas

Posts navigation

← Older posts

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow Beyond Lashley Lane on WordPress.com

Meet the Author

Molly Mitchell claims her greatest accomplishment is that she can call herself the mother of four. That’s always and forever number one on the list and still chokes her up after all these years. She’s happily married to Bob, whom she chose when he sang a glorious honey-toned bass part behind her in choir at college. (He found out later he’d been chosen but true to form was a good sport about it.) There are perfect grandchildren, of course.

She’s had a variety of jobs over the years, some involving professional writing and editing. Other jobs not so much, and those may become blog fodder. She hopes you’ll find joy or at least a bit of entertainment in these pages, and above all, a healthy dose of Christian encouragement.

Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Beyond Lashley Lane
    • Join 149 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Beyond Lashley Lane
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...