If I Only Had the Internet
Every once in awhile, we’re reminded of how dependent we are on something we take for granted. This week I was reminded once again of how much time I spend on the internet. While we wait for our new house to close, my husband and I are housesitting for friends on the opposite coast. The…
Read MoreCatch-Up or This and That
In my quest to tie up knots and organize my in-transition life, lots of odds and ends today. We found a house! The house has passed inspection. So even though we haven’t signed the final check and moved our stuff from storage in Maryland, (that’s where the mover stowed our accumulated junk) things are looking…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: We Bend With the Season
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Today’s poem, Neighbors in October, by poet David Baker is a vivid glance at a familiar autumn scene. I love the image the poem immediately calls up. Can you almost hear a rake…
Read MoreWhat Does A Writer Do All Day?
After years as the wife of a minister it still always amazed me when people asked what my husband did all day. I mean, the ministry is a cushy job, right? Write a sermon, preach it and shake hands after church. Do the occasional wedding and hospital visit and spend the rest of the week…
Read MoreComments: Do You Really Want to be Heard?
Today I received an interesting newsletter from The Content Strategist, published by Contently. The topic was blog comments. You remember comments? That little link on the top right of each of my posts where you get to express your opinion about what I’ve said? The Content Strategist explained that some websites have removed their comment link.…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Let the Eye Enlarge
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I love today’s poem Autumn by Linda Pastan. So many poems about fall are about death and endings, but Pastan chooses to look at this season in a different way. I appreciated that…
Read MoreBiltmore Snapshots
This has been a month of transition. We’re settled temporarily on the east coast of Florida, enjoying the sunshine and exploring our October home. Along the way it looks as if we might have bought a house in a place fondly reminiscent of Happiness Key. I’ll tell you more about it once the inspection is…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: The Scenery is Guaranteed
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’m in the midst of house hunting and location hunting now, and I thought this poem particularly fitting to share. Dream Home by William Reichard was such fun to stumble upon. Have you ever…
Read MoreAsheville Snapshots
Most of you know I’m traveling south to look for a new home. We are temporary vagabonds as we decide just where to live next. Right now we’re in Asheville, North Carolina, home of the Goddesses Anonymous novels and even more important for me, one of my three sons. Galen is a photographer here, and…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: The Attic of an Aging House
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Todays Poem, The Bat by Theodore Roethke is particularly appropriate right now as we store everything in our summer cottage (see the previous blog) for renovations. Bats are sacred here at Chautauqua because after…
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