Decade of Hope
"It may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” ~ Maya Angelou Here we are. It's 2020! If you are like me…
Homemade Happiness
Attention baby boomers and the next generations! We are all in this together, so I have you and me in mind in today's post. Wouldn't it be a fabulous thing if the U.S. of A. could climb the ranks of…
Soul Work Reflections
Last Sunday at Bel Air United Methodist Church, I was brought back to three blogs I wrote a few years ago called Soul Work, Heartfelt Soul Work and Soul Stitchin'. What reminded me of my previous writings was the sermon by…
The Spirit of Halloween
The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. ~ M. Scott Peck Happy Halloween, everyone. On October 3rd, my cousin Meg Heisse and I witnessed a little hocus-pocus when we attended An Evening of Victorian Magic at Evergreen…
Sow On and Sow Forth
I hope you will celebrate with me today! My 500th writing on SowtheHeart.com was posted a week ago. Our blog followers are a community of people who want to invest in themselves and others by walking with positive spirit, wholesome attitudes,…
Skipping Chapters
Closing out chapters of our lives is both exhilarating and scary! I'm about to move away from a place where I spent eighteen years which included a very difficult period in my infancy and early childhood. Then, I moved away…
Life’s Edits
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.”– Raymond Lindquist "This is ridiculous," I said to myself, as I tossed my old walking shoes into the trash. The shoes should have been discarded a long time ago. There…
Let the Sunshine
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. ~Henry Ward Beecher The other day it was cloudy; the first overcast day in a long, long time. We've had such a long streak…
Legacy Stories
"We shape our buildings, thereafter, our buildings shape us." ~ Winston Churchill Although I can claim no credit for it, it warms my heart to know men from my family have helped build houses of worship giving a place to…
Now, Not Later
“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” ―Baltasar Gracian For two years I have been hearing people talk about Simon's famous Baltimore peach cake. It's made the classic way, yeast-based cake topped with fresh peaches like my Grandmother…