What I Like
The colors of spring in these parts make up for the dreariness of the winter months, and I'm grateful. I'm looking out on a happy mix of neighborhood trees. Pinks,…
Underneath
I set gas to flame and formed a fire this morning in the chimney. It's dancing happy across the room right now. The bedroom hallway behind me is still dark…
Our Edges
There's a cluster of fire carnations on my table...gold and crimson in a recycled glass jar all bunched together, lighting my life up. The budget doesn't always allow a stop…
The Link
I keep hearing them in my head. The voices of my three.... what they would say if they got to see what I've seen the the last several days. Isn't…
Oregon Wedding Weekend
I'm sitting atop a precipice 5,000 feet higher than Houston. A sweet blanket of green velvets the valley below me. A 'blue true dream of sky' as E.E. Cummings penned…
The Bad and the Beautiful
The sun looked like something you could peel. There it was, just an orange orb in the East, breaking our day open. I was getting to see the dawn of…