I have this vision of a cabin in the woods. It is small, but ample, with a couple of bedrooms upstairs, an open kitchen and family room, and a wide and sturdy front porch, with two worn rocking chairs that softly creak when the wind blows. Through the woods behind…
[Author’s Note: Most of my writing comes in the form of nonfiction, but in January I posted my first piece of fiction. This post might be a continuation of that piece. Or maybe not. You be the judge.] ************ The memories and what-if’s and might-have-been’s slowly overtook her mind. They…
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson We’ve all heard it and we’ve all said it. “I just want to…
I sat on the couch, my niece on the floor in front of me. “Hold still, honey,” I said, as she started to fidget. I grabbed one section of hair and twisted it around another section. Over, under, over, under until her hair was twisted around itself into a spiraling,…
There are those days, those weeks, those months when things just seem a bit, well, subpar. When we’re feeling a little down, a little stressed, or in a bit of a funk. Maybe the cause is a fleeting, no-good-reason bad mood. Or maybe its work stress, family feuds, relationship disagreements,…
There is a bouncy restlessness in the air these days, a cosmic vibration that permeates the rhythm and flow of my days. Perhaps it’s the changing seasons. Spring has finally arrived with flashes of color and a flurry of activity. Or perhaps life is just filled with transitions right now…