Meaningful relationships with our loved ones usually begin in the days of our childhood. For many, the scents of Christmas evoke powerful memories of time spent in the kitchen during the holidays with our mothers or grandmothers or perhaps with…
Our country had a wonderful celebration yesterday. Since I'm a very early riser, I took advantage of the quiet of the beautiful morning on 4th of July and took a walk-about our historic town. As I walked I pondered how…
If you follow this blog regularly, you probably read my last post about feeling as if my writers world had been violated. There is not always an explanation for everything in life. Something things do go unexplained and I am…
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~ William S. Burroughs Have you ever run to the store for something only to get home and realize you had what you needed right…
Once the work of writing and publishing a book is done, then an author faces the real road of uncertainty. It's a bit scary, kind of like having "butterflies" in the stomach. Yet it is an exhilarating tension in putting…
I sure have enjoyed early outdoors worship at Bel Air UMC on Sunday mornings. Being able to watch clouds pass by the steeple, feeling my toes getting wet in the dew glistening on the lawn, observing the unfolding of the…
"Changing the world is an inside job." ~Paul Babin About four or five weeks ago I had a very meaningful phone conversation with one of my many nieces. She's a deep thinking individual who continually explores her own spirituality. I…
Is it just my way of thinking or do you feel like many more people have been able to get a glimpse into what being on God's time means? Many lives have been interrupted, put on hold or at…
" Balance is the key to everything. What we do, think, say, eat, feel, they all require awareness and through awareness we can grow." - Koi Fresco What is your definition of a perfect summer day? Having more time to…
I find reading affirmations very useful in my life as a motivator. Some other time I will tell you how little notes of positive reinforcement propelled me to write an award-winning memoir. But today's blog is about the sentiment…