Quotations

Love is

Love is many things and comes in many forms. On this day, Valentine’s, there’s no escaping the commercial message. While I don’t get excited about the day myself, (my personal take) there

Heart home

We’re traveling again, on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we’ll be with family, seeing different ones over the course of the week. Some years we’ve been with

Do you bemember?

We recently spent a weekend in Seattle with Stephanie and Matt and their little ones. I’m enchanted watching Riley and Jack, listening to three-year-old Riley chatter away, and baby Jack’s

Words I like

Ketchup and syrup

Sunday morning praise

Raining today…again…always this time of year it seems. But instead of looking out the window at the raindrops and feeling the gloom seep in, here’s a better way to begin

The little guy

It didn’t take long for the decision made on the other side of the country to reach across the miles and time zones. Today, the small town where we sometimes

Happy day

Today is a happy day. This is our 32nd anniversary. Not a particularly noteworthy number; but though the number itself isn’t special, this year had its own markers that make

The luxury of time

  There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.    ~ Mahatma Gandhi What is the luxury of time? My own definition…no rushing, no scurrying about. Time to

Why I blog

“Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” ~Gene Fowler It’s been a quiet Saturday.

Healing on a beach

We came down to Mexico last week…an escape from late winter in SE Alaska, and a chance to see the sun and feel the warmth of a breeze instead of

The energy of hope

There’s a famous saying: “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” I think you could almost say that without hope, we cease to live. We may be breathing, but we’re not living. Hope