“All you need is a hill.” I don’t know why it stayed, that little phrase. It sort of haunts me. When I’m running (yep, that’s right, I run now…a little…I caved!), or when anything scary or squirmy or unpleasant comes along. It was something Kim said as she led the creative fitness retreat where [...]
Some fun sound & images for you today! A week ago, we crossed the mountains of western North Carolina after a 12-day trip to Boston/Cape Cod, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Needless to say, with the constant change of routine around here, my attempt to post anything regularly this summer did not pan out. Ah, well. :) [...]
At least for the summer, I thought I’d challenge myself to a little more sharing here. So, Mondays are for sharing music, whether mine or something I’m listening to a lot. Today, this tune keeps coming to mind and heart. More inspired lyric-writers than Linford and Karin are hard to come by. All My Favorite People [...]
The dogs determined to gain entry to the vegetable garden. Dragged out the extra roll of weed-blocker and decorated the yard in bits of black plastic. Bless them. The gentle deer we love to watch, thrilled at the wide-open invitation, feasted overnight on the mammoth leaves of prolific zucchini (the only thing I grow really [...]
I flew up to Indiana on Tuesday to be with Wilma Dean when her little brother passed away. Grandma is almost 88-years-old, and old Uncle Pete…he is still her “little brother.” Pete was the tan-skinned, puppy-eyed boy–one of Ralph & Alma’s nine kids – who grew up to be an Indiana farmer like his dad before [...]
Thinking about motherhood this week, as I watch the kids make secret plans for Sunday. Aware of how this phenomenon called parenting alters a person. As she pushes her child away from her body and into the world, she begins the work of teaching him how to separate from her. Slowly but surely, she prepares [...]
I’ve been learning freedom on a long, slow curve. Emphasis on slow. I believe that when we meet God…when He makes Himself known to us…the cage door is thrown open, we are given power to live BEYOND. Beyond ourselves, beyond the temporal, beyond the visible, beyond… So why are so many of us still sitting [...]
With small pangs of heartbreak, I allowed him to turn 6-years-old. Twice that day he leaned close and whispered: I’m six. He’s trying it on. He’s turning, we’re all turning; officially exiting “Chapter of the Small Child.” (sigh) We’ve spent a lot of time here. Years ago, when I tossed my graduation cap high in [...]
