22 Feet

Last night, Eli, our just turned three years old grandson, announced he was not going to wait for Mommy to pick him up from Grandmother’s house. Leaving his coat and shoes behind, he opened the front door, slipped outside and trotted home. (Yes, there is now a...

True Confession

There’s a reason my blogs do not appear in your mailbox. I don’t like to write them. Yes, there it is in black and white for all the world to see. “Wait!” I hear you say. “You’re a writer who doesn’t like to write? Makes no...

Be Flakey

Snow. Love it or hate it. Not many us are indifferent. I cheer for the “love it” team. Granted, I do not have to work in it or travel in it. Beside a warm fire, wearing cozy socks and sipping hot coffee, its quiet beauty comforts me. As a child, snow meant...

When God Says “Yes”

Joy and gratitude explode simultaneously! Every praise chorus, hymn of thanksgiving and scripture of blessing join their hands and race through my mind. Sometimes it is in response to a loved one’s healing, or an affirmation of direction, a long sought...

Make Clear the Way—ahchoo

Magnificent trees line the streets of my daughter’s New England neighborhood. These trees nearly burst with color in the autumn (and with pollen in the spring). Along with their brilliance in the fall, shade in the summer (and pollen in the spring), they tip and...

Casey

Casey barks. Every.single.time. anyone—family, friends, strangers— walks in our house. He has a harsh, ear-shattering bark that doesn’t stop until you sit down and he sniffs your face. Then he might stop. Operative word is “might”. Books, TV shows,...