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What a lovely day to graze in the meadow, thought Bessie, the chestnut mare, as she trotted out the paddock gate. I hope I’m the first...

What a wonder to have unimpeded conversations again! Oh, the endless frustration of masks that distorted our voices such that simple...

I once had a thriving collection of Asiatic lilies in my perennial garden. Sweet-scented and often bold-colored, there are few flowers...

What is freedom? I pondered this upon hearing of Sebastian Junger’s new book, Freedom, wondering if people had different connotations of...

(This is a short story rather than my usual blog. It recently received fifth place in a competition sponsored by Reader's Digest - woo...

“The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Alphonse Karr, French novelist. The Danielson School, a one-room schoolhouse,...

I apologize for my lack of attention to you, dear blog. You see, I’ve been focused on so many other things that you have been neglected....

You will know them by their fruits . . . The world is full of narcissists. Narcissists use many tools to manipulate others. They...

The art of writing a good novel is not in telling the story, it is in the revisions. Stated more plainly, a story does not make a book...

(I haven't posted in a while, and this post diverges from previous themes. I hope it inspires the reader.) Today, I burned ten years of...

Today is Good Friday. Without being able to gather, Christians across the nation will be sharing communion via technology. It’s rather...

I knew we were in Michigan once we began seeing dead deer lining the road and lingering snow over dreary, brown grass. What a change from...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could spend a few years, even a decade, living in the place of your dreams? Perhaps the places you’ve...

Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. WHAM! It happened at one of...

Hubby and I were seated in a cafeteria, minding our own business and about to dig into our lunch. We were the only ones at the table and...

I can tell myself to focus a million times a day, and still abandon an important task for the next shiny thing. This has a name—ADHD—...

We were honored to be invited to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family of a couple who live in the same condominium complex where we...

There was a recent discussion on Facebook about the challenges the elderly face, in particular loneliness. In this holiday season, it's...

"Did you get your hour of outdoor exercise today?” My father sternly repeated this inquisition as he looked from one child to the next. ...

Dinner parties were integral to the culture of the post war baby boom era of the 1950s and 1960s. If a couple had social standing, it...