Category: On Life & Love

I like real conversations with genuine people. I like poems, and stories, and journal entries. I like Friday nights. I like the ritual of drinking tea and how it soothes me. I like text messages. I like the feeling of intimacy and where it takes me. I like sharing all things, it is the greatest

High above in the tree tops, this Great Blue Heron sits watching the sea – his stance is the epitome of Hope. Nature’s creatures are all spurned on by hope. It is one of the attributes that all of us earth inhabitants share, and share well. By all definitions, hope is the feeling of expectation

When a sweet moment fills your heart, you want to share it with the world. Just this morning, a memory popped up in my feed, and I thought this Saturday morning would be the perfect time to share the story again! “We had the pleasure of an eight day visit with the newlyweds in our

This week has been chocked full. Despite the harried pace and stress, it ended with me feeling enriched as I had dedicated some time each day in the service of others. This is an important part of the work I do – to spread kindness and thus better my humanity. I greatly believe that by

Have you thought of starting over? Starting from scratch? Starting from nothing? Starting again? There is no ‘end’ meaning to those words, just new beginnings. Or have you ever just known it was time to start something new? To trust in the magic of beginning with a new script? Perhaps, in beginning again you have

I am a forward thinking person, I keep my eye on the future and try never to dwell or revisit what is past. Simply put, reverse is not an option for me, yet given the news delivered each morning now a days, I want to backpedal as fast as I can. During this time where

We are all in agreement, I believe, that the world has changed. Has this time in our lives been set aside to restore hope, faith and compassion to the world at large? The approaching autumnal equinox is a season, which can be found in all the world’s calendars, that supports and advocates the finishing of one process

Common sense is beginning to set in. All the changes we have been experiencing have now become the normal pattern. I’m not going to sugar-coat it, I am hugger. I call everyone ‘darling’ and open up my arms wide to embrace whoever is in front of me. Not anymore, however – the pandemic changed that! Now,

I like going to a place where God hears me. There are so many external forces going on in the world right now, many divisive and cruel, that I feel compelled to seek a place where the quiet of my mind makes room for good sensationalism. I have set out this week to find a

As you many of you know, it is Baseball season and the Professor is watching his beloved former World Champion Washington Nationals even though this year the Nats stats are dismal. Last night, as I sat quietly occupying myself, my mind wandered long enough to catch a glimpse of the game. I noticed the Umpire