We’ve covered gossiping and letting go of other’s opinions. Now we’ll tackle people-pleasers. People pleasing may sound innocuous enough,...

For many of us, it takes a long time to learn to just be ourselves and not worry about what others think of us (and some of us never...

Who said what?! Who told you that?! How do they know it’s true?! Gossip is a poisonous snake, weaving its way through imaginary corridors...

There’s evil magic happening in the world these days. It hovers over everyone, waiting to strike, waiting to set you off in a mad tizzy,...

After posting last week’s beauty/fluffy blog on October, I started looking around and wondering why some trees of the same genus (i.e.:...

Leaves of red, yellow and orange – mottled with leftover greens and evergreens. The slow creeping of color; first a darkening with the...

All the grandparents I know, including myself, are full of unequivocable joy when we cradle those babies, hold a child on our laps, or...

Last week my grandparents’ house, this week…somehow it slowly became OUR house. Dear grandma and grandpa… Who, us? You hold your hand out...

I can still remember seeing my grandmother standing on her porch in her house dress and solid “working” shoes, and her hair tightly wound...

I’m sitting on the porch, enjoying my Fuchsia and Dipladenia plants – and hoping a hummingbird might come along – and I delight in how...

A little while ago, I came across two Facebook posts about when we’re feeling broken. You know, like when we’re being so emotionally or...

Do you remember those days? Babies and little children underfoot – maybe you’re still in the midst of those days. Laughter and games,...

There are tons of different belief systems in our world. Some religious, some scientific, logical, or political, some based on personal...

Maybe you’re a pessimist and still achieved, invented, or lived big. Or maybe you’re an optimist that didn’t have the resources or were...

I admit it. I’m an optimist, a dreamer, and an occasional ostrich (stick your head in the sand and pretend there’s no imminent danger –...

My granddaughter is looking me in the eye at the moment with such a look of endearing entreaty, I fear I cannot spend but a few moments...

Do you remember last week that I asked you if you ever wished you could fly? And if you could, where would you go? Would you visit a dear...

Do you ever wish you could fly? Where would you go? To the top of the tallest mountain? Or would you fly until you found the perfect...

Since we’ve been on the topic of memories the past few weeks, I thought we could top it off with a logical look at how it all works in...

Have you ever put yourself in your ancestors’ shoes and tried to imagine what they lived through, or how they reacted in certain stories...