by admin | Aug 4, 2015 | Blogs
Of course we’re all going to have them. While I do know people who seem to skate through planet Earth with little negative occurring (they exist, I promise. Amazes me too!), most of our lives are a mix of the good and the bad, the happy and the sad, times of soaring...
by admin | Jul 31, 2015 | Blogs
I have a button—big and round, the kind that has a pin in back where you can wear it—of a little girl letting go of a bright balloon. The caption says simply: “Follow Your Dreams.” Cheesy, I know! But I’ve had this now for thirty-five years—when the writing bug bit...
by admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Blogs
Do you ever get stuck in the rut of the mundane? Even when you’re keeping your eye on the prize, and know exactly why you’re doing what you’re doing, some parts of the path seem all about the slog. Happens, on the most noble of quests! And when it does, for a...
by admin | Jul 27, 2015 | Blogs
10 REASONS TO HAVE HOPE (note—I changed this from ‘you should have’ because I hate ‘should,’ ‘must,’ etc. I find those words preachy) I’ve talked about hope a lot. About how I used to think it was too expensive to hold, and doing so set me up for disappointment. ...
by admin | Jul 24, 2015 | Blogs
Friendship is more than clicking on a “like.” You know that, of course. We all do. But in this age of social media, sometimes the lines sure get blurred. I love keeping up with my friends on Facebook and Twitter. Laughing—you can tell what demographic I’m in! But...
by admin | Jul 21, 2015 | Blogs
Okay, so honestly it doesn’t even need to be grape stomping, although that’s a ton of fun. It can be grape picking, pressing, de-stemming, racking. And of course, tasting. The exact activity makes no difference to me—I just long to be involved in the fruit of the...
