Pet Care

He looked at me, then jumped on the couch. I grabbed my scissors. Holding his ear, we began as we had a hundred times before. We began again.

Frying Bacon and Reading

No multi-tasking except for moments when I fried bacon while reading a presidential autobiography.

The Spirit of Christmas Budgets.

First, start with time. Not as a habit because a person won’t do it. Make time a gift to yourself. Do it now.

When I read…

When I read, at home in the woods…

I went fishing…

Up ahead lie my lake of ghosts and memories. “Papa,” I whispered into the lake’s breeze.

Self-Judgment.

I saw from myself, after waves of the past and all of the new roads ahead, a smile windowed from my soul…

Awaken the Story

In the midst of the troublesome world and a whole negative list of my own, at fifty-seven I am romanticizing my own corner of the world. As I awaken, I realize I have created a storybook life. Throughout all the ups and downs, here was my life.

The goal all along has been to grow creatively with passion, intellect and fun…

Embracing a Quick Peck of Summer

Well, true to the change of seasons, I have stories of my own transitions to tell…from the lightest moments of shopping trips…

Not to wait.

I stuffed a change of top and fresh underwear into a plastic shopping bag, dressed into my new surfing-style swimsuit then went to the pool. No, I wasn’t going to look for my gym bag. And no, I wasn’t waiting for the new year…