Today is my fourth birthday in my sixth decade, which is a convoluted way of turning 53. I’m loving my 50s. I couldn’t wait to join this club and with three years of it under…

Dear Becky ~  Hang this art piece someplace you will easily see it every day. Stop and look at yourself in its mirror. Stay there until you’re done straightening your hair and checking your…

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This blog was initially written July 25, 2016. An addendum dated Sept. 21, 2016 follows, as well as another addendum dated January 9, 2024. Our thoughts and patterns and structures create our emotions and…

The Journey, by Mary Oliver – a biggie for me. Resonates deeply. Every day is a new start – a new facing off with the voices that shout their bad advice. I feel myself…

So I had a lot of time in the car last week making my trek up to Wisconsin to see my mama. This means that after I belted out a few of my favorite…

Man, did we have a good time! Partly because it’s D.C. and there’s so much to do, partly because of the wonderful company and partly because my nephew-in-law, Josh, scored us some special tours…

“There are a lot of roads to get where you’re going.” My nephew, Sam, said it was both humbling and relieving to witness this truth in his fellow interns during a 2013 summer internship…

My focus during the month of June was the Web of Life...…

My son, Calvin, and I have been having some intentional conversations this month of June resulting in several Instagram and Facebookposts - his thoughts with my images...…