I tend to live in organized chaos until I can’t take it anymore. Then I purge and throw out an entire van’s trunk filled with unused items. That’s what I did this weekend. I watched the documentary “The Minimalists – Less is Now. Then I began going through my dresser of clothes and about half …
How are you doing and feeling these days? I’m going to be honest. I struggle at times to make sense of (and in) this world. I’m always looking for signs, symbols and meaning that appeal to me or reach my core. A week ago, I set out for a three-mile walk alone. I put my …
Embrace the messTime goes by fastThe sprinkles are swept awayBut the memories last The wrapping paper will ripAfter you carefully tape it in placeBut you’ll never forget that smileOn that other person’s face The stress of doing it allMay worry you todayBut remember the wonder, the excitementHappiness and joy on display Some are without loved …
I just got off the phone with my mom, and we were speaking about finding joy in our current constant state of media, COVID crisis, and unkind world. This is not an easy thing to do on some days. People are feeling fatigued. A new friend of mine, Rocky, wrote this post about COVID fatigue …
Mother’s day was last weekend and it turned out to be a nice day. Realistically though, I had no expectations of it being anything other than an ordinary day with more hugs and possibly hand written cards by my kids. I had not communicated that I wanted anything other than my husband to fry fish …
Once upon a time I put a personal ad out to find a man. LOL. Yes, that is true although that’s not how I felt at the time. I was on my computer, reading and writing, minding my own business…Then I received a pop-up ad from Match.com in August of 2001. Yes, match.com that is …
Something strange and wonderful is happening in my household… I never pictured this or dreamed it would happen, but I sure am happy about it. My daughters have become my in-house editors and beta (test) readers. My youngest daughter may become my next book’s illustrator too. There I said it…my next book. I’m ready to …
I’m sitting in my kitchen typing on my laptop at the dinner table, trying to think of something good to write about. This is my first blog post of 2021. My youngest daughter Lana is at the table next to me writing a folk tale for a class assignment that she did not finish on …
I was having a conversation with a great writing friend yesterday and we were reflecting on this year, 2020. We spoke for an hour catching up on each other’s lives, talking about our children and how we’ve written or journaled a lot this year. She asked me, “How do you think we’ll look back on …
“What’s that?” my eight-year old daughter asked me, pointing to my bowl a few days ago. “Grits,” I replied and put a spoonful in my mouth. “What’s grits?” she asked and turned up her nose. “It’s….” I started to reply. “It’s from corn. But it’s more than that. Let me think so I can explain.” …
