Give thanks

Okay full disclaimer.  For Thanksgiving, this post may be a bit of a downer but read it anyway. I am not sure where I came across this quote but I know I posted it a lot before mom died six months ago today.  In looking back, the universe was trying to tell me something but…

Serenity

Waking up to this view this morning feels so serene to me. The birthday girls were still asleep when I awoke bright and early. I tiptoed to the kitchen, made a cup of herb tea and came back to bed to watch as the wafts of mist rose from the lake covering the lake making…

Beauty of fall

” Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” -Albert Camus

Lazy Sunday Morning

It is just a little after 9:30 am on Sunday morning here in the midwest.  I’m having breakfast in bed while listening to BBC Radio 2 online. The sky is gray and cloudy which is just perfect for a lazy Sunday morning doing a little of all the following: Journaling Meal planning Listening to music…

Week 6: It is what it is.

This is basically where I am sleepwise. But I’m sick and tired of talking about it. So on to other stuff this week. I made the mistake of entering my phone number on one of those ever increasing online forms and ended up spending several days fending off Quicken Loans. These guys are totally relentless….

Week 1: 2018 blogging goals

I admire those of us who can post a blog everyday! It’s pretty amazing. I think this past year, I may have managed on average maybe 2 posts a week. As I sat down to think about my writing goals for the new year, I very much wanted to #apostaday but I know it will…

A crumb of hope

It’s funny how we forget one basic rule of life: The only constant is change. That whatever we are going through: sadness, loss, happiness, joy, whatever, it is bound to change. That is a fact of life. This is especially hard to remember during sad or low times, times of misfortune and so on. Lately,…

Daily Prompt: Continue

Continue. Despite delays, setbacks, miscalculations, missteps, mistakes, stops, false starts..continue. Continue Through heartache, grief, sadness, tears, loss, disappointment..continue Continue Through joy, love, laughter, smiles, happiness, hope, sunshine..continue Always continue. Continue through it all. Then continue. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/continue/

Thank you Sun

I confess I don’t much like summer. It’s too hot and humid here in the midwest. If I could order my weather as we do dinner, I’d order a nice crisp fall, with a gentle breeze in the air. Oh yes, that would do quite nicely. But without the contrast of a hot humid summer…