It is always nice to be able to afford onlookers a moment of levity. Yesterday just such an opportunity came my way and who was I to pass it up? It all started like this: my family and I went out to eat at a nice, nearby restaurant after church. Other people had the same […]
Aug 4, 2013
Meanderings
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Yesterday was one of those days when I didn’t do much besides sit at my computer. Although it looked like I was just sitting, believe me, I was working–hard! I went with a teenager named Jay as he faced a bully at school and agonized with his parents on how to deal with the problem. […]
Aug 3, 2013
A Noble Steed
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A noble steed stands regally in my living room. He is truly regal in every sense of the word because he is: honest, he doesn’t claim to be more than he is, an humble, hand-made rocking horse; dignified, no matter what indignities he endures, the teeth of a mettlesome puppy, a youngster who decides he […]
Aug 2, 2013
A Merry Heart
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King Solomon assures us that a merry heart does us as much good as taking a medicine. A member of my family whose name I won’t mention because I don’t want to embarrass him, pretty much bears that out. He is the most upbeat, cheerful person, making the best of every situation. He reminds me […]
Aug 1, 2013
What’s Cozier Than a Cozy Critique?
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The answer to that question would be: four cozy critiquers, seated around my mother’s hundred-year old wood dining table, coffee cups and cookies at hand, pencils poised above paper, listening to one of the members read. Yesterday Jane, Nancy, Peg and I gathered for an afternoon of reading, listening and giving opinions. Here are a […]
Jul 31, 2013
A Friend for the Journey
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In my herb garden, right next to the Etta Bend rock, I have a sun dial. I’ve had it for years. On it is an inscription from a poem by Robert Browning, “Grow Old Along With Me; The Best Is Yet To Be.” I’ve always liked that line. I suppose that Robert and Elizabeth Barrett […]
