On Freedom’s Path
There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven”. ~ Harriet Tubman There couldn't have been a more opportune time than at the conclusion…
Architect of Introspection
"Sanctuary, on personal level, is where we perform the job of taking care of our soul." ~ Christopher Forrest McDowell In rural Maryland there are an astonishing number of old churches and chapels. One of the most popular thought masters…
Weekend With Beignets?
"Keep calm, go set and have a cup of tea," I said to myself after I hung up the phone. Oh my lucky stars! Right now I'm grinnin' like a 'possum eatin' a sweet tater! I've been invited and I've…
Premature Outlook
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I find myself thinking summer will be over any day until I look out the window and see few remarkable elemental differences. Unlike in my previous states of…
Knots and Stitches
"Your heart and my heart are very old friends." ~ Hafiz She's the salt of the earth, I've often thought as I've spent time over the course of my life with my childhood neighbor, Marge. It's been many a year…
Baltimore Literary Experience
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. ~ Author Norman Cousins For an author, what better way to spend a birthday weekend than exploring Baltimore's treasured Peabody Library at Johns…
Into the Studio: Final Reflections
"Waters Reflection, moonbeams and sparkling rivers challenge an artist to capture an ever changing light. "~ Mary Magenta "This is where it all started," Mary Magenta said, "with one single calendar I made as a gift using magic markers." She proceeded…
Artful Living
Welcome back to blog #2 about an artist in New Freedom, PA. Because of her unbounded exuberance for describing her life as an artist, it was a challenge to interview and keep up with recording "exactly out of her mouth…
Subject of A Four Letter Word
The book you don’t read won’t help. –Jim Rohn Who remembers the milkman? I do! But, I've never yet met a milkman's daughter ... that is, until now! Evidently she's read my book Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the…
An Appointment with Providence
June 18, 2018, by Sue Batton Leonard It was a providential day! Lower humidity and pleasant temperatures seemed to have been heaven sent after the heat spell that's been present in Towson, Maryland. The sun filtered through the beautiful canopy…