Grace Place
I've often heard coming to a place of grace described as "living in of state of contentment." In every situation, when life becomes stormy there is a bright spot. Perhaps if we can find a beam of light in the…
Embrace All Good
I have several routes I walk regularly. When the temperature rises beyond comfortable, I usually take the "shade walk." However, I opt for it other times too, just to mix up my routine. Along the "shady route" there's the strangest phenomenon.…
Revival of Spirit
I was feeling dry, parched. There were some loose ends in the family history story I am penning and I could not quite pull parts of it all together in a way that I was satisfied with. It happens. The…
Investing-in-Self
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. ~Ralph Nichols I recently read two articles that made me stop and think about an interesting topic. The first article was about how Finland is…
Forever Young
“With age comes the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?” ~Elizabeth Cady Stanton Last month I attended a 90th birthday party for a very dear family member. There was wonderful food,…
How’s it Growin’?
Can I declare today as being I am Proud of Myself Day? Here's why ~ because I am feeling it! For a long time it rubbed me the wrong way when someone asked What's new with you? And my reply was…
Writers of the Spirit Connect
I woke up on Monday morning after Pentacost Sunday feeling as if I'd turned a two and one-half hour trip from Baltimore to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania into a mini-vacation. It wasn't hard to find good things to explore in my…
Clearing the Way
If you read my first two blog posts in this series about my travels on Pentecost Sunday, welcome back! If not, get caught up by going back to the previous blogs called Front Porch Scenery and Amish Highways and Byways. *********…
Late Starts
“It’s never too late to start something new, to do all those things that you’ve been longing to do.” ~ Dallas Clayton Some years ago, all things fulfilling came to Dallas Clayton, an author who writes children's books on encouragement.…
Designing a Life
A month or so ago I asked readers if they’d started down the road toward incorporating more creativity into their life? I posed the question perhaps because I could honestly say absolutely YES to a creative week ahead. Here is…