Where I Am
Why, yes. It's been a minute since I've sat with you here. I've been saying quite a bit over on the Insta, instead. I am flummoxed as to how I…
Final October Post: Land and Stay
It's been said in air travel that taking off and landing are the most crucial and critical parts of a flight. That makes sense, seeing as though it can be…
3 Things I’m Revisiting
I'm usually very black and white, very take it or leave it, very hard set on the boundaries of seasons. But lately I've discovered the joy of wandering back around…
October Blog Blitz
The sun's going down on the deck. It's much too rickety to go out and write on these days but it will get redone in due time, hopefully sooner rather than…
Calling
He got my number off of a list in the library. The school used our home phone digits as our ID's back then, and someone had left the list out.…
Lessons from the Winged Things
She had a dusty grey crown, brown and black feathers, a puffed tan chest, and old wise eyes. I almost skimmed right passed her at the South Carolina Aquarium. She…
Writing Prompt 2
I went on a walk and the wind walked with me. It really did. Whenever I'd pass a tall old tree, or an overgrown thicket of green, or a well-rooted…
A Tree as a Reminder
So there's this unruly tree in our backyard. It's positioned close to the house, just past the deck, hanging right over the roof, making all kinds of mischief. It drops…
Writing, Home, and New Things
Ah, the piano and strings are playing here again! And my writing flame is flickering! And I'm sitting happy in front of a window, candle lit, sun shining, flowers potted,…
Snow Days
I'm looking out on a stark white yard, a hunched magnolia, and flakes falling in a sweet kind of rhythm. I like the silence of the snow. It builds up…