What’s On My Mind

Time speeds buy with increasing velocity, doesn’t it? I used to laugh at the old folks when they’d spout something like that. I stopped laughing a while back. Now, I watch the changes in my grandchildren as they develop from sprouts into blossoming beings. I …

It’s been a year and more since I last posted. And what a year it’s been. We’re all finding our “new normal”, whatever that is. For me, aside from searching for a mask that doesn’t obscure my sight, my hearing, and fog up my glasses, …

I’m sitting at my desk looking out at a winter wonderland of snow and peaceful woodland. It really is Christmas. Soon we’ll be hip deep in more than snowdrifts. There will be piles of shredded wrapping paper and foraged bits of ribbon everywhere. Even the …

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My Sister, Joan, was born in 1942. She was the first of the three of us. Not just the oldest, but the caretaker, the watcher, the rememberer. She fended off bullies, sunburns, and horseflies. She taught me everything necessary to grow into a woman capable …

This whole ‘website for the service of my writing career’ was supposed to be an easy-peasy super simple thirty minute deal from start to finish. I’ve been working diligently on the thing for weeks (though admittedly not daily) and it’s still not functioning the way …

Home is Where You Find It I’ve been ruminating on this post for some time having just changed my living circumstance, and it occurred to me that the physical placement of the home is not the crucial aspect of the equation. I used to be …