

Take the Long Way
Although I consider myself pretty efficient and conscientious, in some ways I’ve always been a “take-the-long-way” kind of girl. If I’m...


Spring? Oh, not quite.
So it’s snowed. Again. On March 10.... ...the day after we “sprang forward” indicating we were on the downside to spring. I am a sucker...


Cooking and Love
You don’t know this about me, perhaps, but the Food Network is what I watch most often. I’ve loved to cook all of my adult life. My...


Dare Greatly
Over coffee with a woman who has made her career in publishing, editing, and writing, I shared some of the stories of my own writing...


A Resolution to Stay Limber
In my writing, there is sometimes a double meaning. My words may say something simple on the surface. Straightforward. But if the...


A Place Called Hope
Knowing how it all will end should make the wait and anticipation easier to tolerate. The knowing may make us more patient, less...


Nostalgia
Walking my neighborhood sidewalks on a cool-ish, gorgeous fall Saturday afternoon, suddenly I was falling down into the rabbit hole….into...


There is a Season
“To every thing Turn, turn, turn There is a season Turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven.” Turn! Turn! Turn! by the...


The Last Sunday
On my last Sunday morning in my home of twenty-five years, the universe smiles down on me to give me my most perfect day. I believe in...


House of Love
(The kiddos wall...for the last 25 years.) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about houses. My husband and I have hit the stage in our...