I recently ran across a snippet of a blog entry, started last year in response to an article declaring November 15 as “National Clean Out… ( Read More )
Images
I have never liked pictures of myself. My love-hate relationship with photographs dates back to my primary school days. School picture day was a big… ( Read More )
home is where you hang your heart
As a newlywed in the 1980’s, I dabbled in handcrafts. The “Country” motif was at the height of popularity in those days, and I was… ( Read More )
memories
I was scrolling through a popular social media site one rainy Saturday morning when I happened upon a picture with the caption “Old Fashioned Donut… ( Read More )
journey
I was eighteen years old the first time I visited Old Joe, Arkansas. I was a guest of our pastor’s family, whose son had caught… ( Read More )
Climbing
I stared at the blinking cursor. Before me was a blank clean page, waiting for words. I typed a title and a sentence or two,… ( Read More )
Whirlwind
December 2 was as “normal” a day as ever occurs in this household. Being a Friday, we followed our regular work-day routine, after which we… ( Read More )
Turkey before tinsel…
As a child, Christmas was without doubt my favorite holiday. I grew up when rural America still shopped by mail order catalog, and I considered… ( Read More )
More than just a day off
Today is Veterans Day. I am among those who work in institutions that close on Federal holidays, so I have the day off work. I… ( Read More )
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The house is quiet, save the soft babble of water passing through the aquarium filter and the occasional snore from the Jack Russell sleeping at… ( Read More )