A Song Not Scored For Breathing

There is a strip of sunshine running across my fingertips as I type. It makes me smile. A year ago tomorrow I stepped away from blogging, un...

"Tidiness is the art form of the non-creative." ~ wildlife artist Greg Beecham If there is truth to that quote then judging by...

Once in a very long while I feel like I get a nudge from the Holy Spirit. Most of the time I doubt those nudges, unable to differentiate bet...

The leaves are gone off the trees today. A hard wind came along and away the last of them went.I don't know what fits a death more - gr...

"You know, Hope, just live in this moment. After all, you could be dead before tomorrow." "Hey, that's right! I could be...

"I wish I could go home and have a drink to relax." That's the thought that went through my head on the way home every night t...

When you read this I'll be on a plane, going to visit my family. My dad is having a milestone birthday and my sisters and I decided we n...

The rotten floor led to new flooring and new vanity , lights , cupboard and mirror . We both were relieved when the actual rotten part was...

I was driving to town yesterday feeling incredible gratitude for this beautiful summer convinced I've never appreciated it like I do thi...

You know you're sick when you book an appointment for a student and when they come back an hour later to discuss another issue you offer...

I'm too lazy to write in paragraphs tonight. Bullet points will have to do. Which is interesting if I take that phrase literally. I tend...

Last night I told myself that if I woke up an hour before my alarm that I would get up and do an hour of yoga. This morning I meandered to t...

We got home from work yesterday to see a raging forest fire directly south of us by about 7 miles. We had been able to see it all the way fr...

The Yoga Pup stands just like that duckling does between its mama's legs. When he first started doing this I thought he was trying to g...

" It's him, " I whisper as I cup my hand over the phone before handing it to dearest one. That's the first thing I remembe...

I should be in bed. It's inching closer to midnight with every key stroke. I haven't kept a journal since my unbloggable summer end...

"If that's the last time I talk to her am I okay with how that went?" That's the question I asked myself after my weekly...

Because of this wretched cold of mine I've had lots of opportunity this week to listen to my body. Some days I phoned in sick and others...

~ I've been sick all week and for the first time saw what a whiny, sick person I can be. I've always judged whiny, sick people hars...

"I obeyed him, but I don't always. My newly married daughter said I wasn't being a good example to her when I disobeyed him. I ...