Happy Thanksgiving!
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be aware of the grace that surrounds you.
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Nov, 2018
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Nov, 2018
The Little Hand-Held Electric Mixer Who Could
Written with my Tuesday group with the prompts: cornucopia, apples, pies I like to bake but I don’t do it that often. I don’t do it that often because I [...]
25
Oct, 2018
They are Coming
At dusk, when the day turns orange, then pink, then purple, spanning the color spectrum in the time it takes to walk home from the park, the ghosts come out. [...]
6
Oct, 2017
Greetings Blogosphere!
I have not been the most consistent blogger in the world. If there’s anyone out there paying attention this is not such a big surprise. My last post was over [...]
31
Dec, 2015
Are you making a resolution to write?
Since I published my first novel, several people have told me they’d also like to publish a novel or memoir. I think this is great, but in some cases it’s [...]
30
Dec, 2013
New Year Musings
This is not about New Year’s resolutions, because I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I figure you don’t need to limit yourself to January 1st to try new things. And [...]
21
Dec, 2013
Shepherd’s Story
In December the sky darkened but a star cracked the blackness to perch like a red bird on the waiting finger of an evergreen tree. Hiking through the field we [...]
14
Dec, 2013
Loving Harvey
Last week my former companion Harry called me to see how I was doing since the passing of my dear friend Craig. It was incredibly kind of him to call [...]
6
Dec, 2013
My Mother’s Orange Tree
On December 7th, 1941, my mother was at her friend Louise’s house. They were picking the first oranges of the season when Louise’s mother came out to the yard to [...]
30
Jun, 2013
Happy Birthday USA!
I pledge allegiance to this sand and gravel road that runs between the river and my house, clumps of California poppies rangy stalks of fragrant fennel and burgeoning fig trees [...]