How to adequately thank someone for absolute kindness… The other night at dinner the gentleman across from me, whom I have just met, and have already taken a strong liking to, asks me, “What was the most memorable thing for…
Read more
A day that begins in reflection of two wondrous things, that touch my morning one of which is this, from Frederick Buechner, “The life that I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another,…
Read more
This morning I am so socked in from my allergies that I can hardly breathe in and as per most mornings, the fingers on my right hand are very slow to move feeling so very bone tired this week, I…
Read more
In the garden today, the Bridal Wreath Spirea is bloomin’ beautiful, full to bursting with her tiny white clusters of flowers and then when the breeze comes she will scatter her bounty like confetti all around it is glorious and…
Read more
Often I hear people say, “I never read anything that’s long”, (weird huh!?!), anyway if this is you, my apologies, because this story, as it is turned out long… A few wonderful’s, a couple of not-so-wonderful’s and a bit of…
Read more
Today I’m thinking about vulnerability and self-exposure I’m thinking about thoughts, feelings and being afraid of things… of many things some days, of most every thing also though, as usual I am thinking too about being brave common themes here,…
Read more
One of the fun things about me now owning a cell phone, is that I have the ringtone set to a small symphony and when on occasion it plays, (obviously not a call coming from someone I know, as clearly…
Read more
“Finding where exactly the outside world ends and I begin—is not so easy.” ~ Nora Bateson There are a couple of writers whose writing I greatly admire well of course, that’s ridiculous there are many, many, many, many what I…
Read more
The morning dawns as most days, in a quiet smile and gratefulness to begin a rather overcast day it appears, and although I have heard the snowplow thundering its way down the street, I am in no hurry to rush…
Read more
This morning while I read, the sun is shining brightly on my face and arms outside the wind is whipping wildly a small branch, a favourite perch for the cardinal is periodically scraping a screeching noise across the window in…
Read more