The thoughts come to you slowly at first. But soon enough the ideas are bouncing around like tiny white pellets in a pinball machine. The excitement brews, bubbling with anticipation and eagerness. You stare ahead, eyes wide, transfixed by your own novel thoughts and the sheer potential of what might…
This post may be my most controversial post to date. I’m going to address what might be one of the most divisive and provocative issues facing our society today. No, it’s not marriage equality or the protection of women’s reproductive rights. It is not the upcoming presidential election, the vulnerable…
“Childhood is the most beautiful of all life’s seasons.” ~Author Unknown Summer vacation has officially started for our family. School is out. There have already been a few dips in our neighbor’s pool (thanks, neighbors!!). We are heading up to Wisconsin later this week for a couple of days on…
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story One of the most frequent questions I have been asked since I returned from…
We sat. And we listened. We listened to the wind whistling through the tall grasses. We listened to the waves, softly lapping against the water’s edge. We listened to the birds singing in the distance, talking to each other in melodious chirps and tweets. We sat. And we felt. We…
“Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for…