Books! Books! Books!

There’s a little free library in my grandkids’ neighborhood. It’s one of those birdhouse things built on a pedestal in a family’s front yard. This one was built by a man out of the goodness of his heart. I know this because one day as Read More …

Welcome to the Messiness of Writing

I read something the other day about writing that said to create a beautiful place to write. And I thought of all the ideas I have had in the past for a perfect writing area: a tasteful color scheme, flowering plants, a reading chair and Read More …

I Can Twang With the Best of Them

That day, I learned the hard way that I truly no longer speak the dialect of my clan, but I can twang with the best of them when necessary. Read More …

Death Is My Traveling Companion

Death is my traveling companion. We prepare for a dream trip to France and these items are on my list of things to accomplish before we board our first flight. The drapes are at the alteration shop by the UPS store in the shopping center Read More …

To the Widow Whose Husband Died Suddenly and Unexpectedly

My husband died suddenly and unexpectedly on our trip to Alaska. If your husband died suddenly and unexpectedly also, I’m so sorry for your loss. I was 43 when my husband and the father of our three children was killed in a tragic snowmobile accident. Read More …

How God Says My Name

We’ve been having work done on our house (to try to sell it!). And it’s been interesting to listen to the workers as they come in and out. Ray noticed that one crew really enjoyed each other as they joked and worked–very hard. When I Read More …

Someone, the Champlain Towers South

Tribute: On the day the building came crashing down with hell’s fury in the deep of night, it was a day like any other…a day someone did what someone does when mercifully unaware that someone’s end is near.  Read More …