Candid Discussions
In the days leading up to Christmas, my twin sister came for a visit to check out my new "hood." Admittedly, as young people both of us had gotten the wrong impression of the town in which I am now…
Artful Giving
"It's that heart of gold and stardust soul that make you beautiful." ~r.m. broderick Happy 2020, everybody! This is a great good news story to start out a New Year and a new decade. It's about an artist, Chula Beauregard. She is…
Crowning Event: A Fulfilling Weekend
Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got. ~ Unknown Welcome back to the last posting in this blog series entitled Terms of Fulfillment. After living far, far away from family for nearly forty years being able…
Raising the Happiness Quotient
"Happiness is the precursor to success, not merely the result." ~ Shawn Achor As a person who has a location neutral business, I appreciate the flexibility of being able to work anywhere as long as there is an internet connection. …
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…
Lost and Found
A few weeks ago I moved to a new place. In my daily morning walk I found a Little Free Library about a half-block away. It's perched on a corner lot at someone's home right in my neighborhood! I am…
Inside Your Community
Is there any perfect place to live? It seems no place is ideal but, I've always felt fortunate to find many things to like in each of the places I've lived. What one State has in great weather, may lack…
Autumnal Migration
Someone once said "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." Soon I am going to settle in and experience life in Bel Air, right smack dab in the Heart of Harford County. Back in June the…
Keeping Community Together
A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Sunday, September 15 I went to a presentation at the Historical Society of Baltimore County called Vanishing Heritage: Baltimore County’s…
Canned Memories of a Season
Every weekend a farm stand conveniently pops up on the corner right up the street from where I have been living. The past few weekends I've noticed how the tomatoes are stacked high; and not even to mention all the…