Remember my last published article Wonderstruck and the news of Ian’s new amazing job? Remember my honest confession of my guarded heart waiting for the other shoe to drop? Well, that other shoe did drop. After less than three full weeks, Ian lost his job. And no… I’m not ... Read More about Just as You Are
WONDERSTRUCK
The first time I went scuba diving I was AWESTRUCK. Suspended at thirty feet below the water’s surface and not more than twelve inches away, I was transfixed by an extraordinarily beautiful puffer fish. The moment its neon eyes met mine, he puffed himself out showing off every exquisite ... Read More about WONDERSTRUCK
In a T-I-Z-Z-Y…
I’ve struggled with this weeks article. Several discarded first drafts lay crumpled in the corner. As soon as a feeble idea develops enough to write it down, it gets highjacked by the bad news of the day. And then, not only am I distracted, but the importance and relevance of my thoughts get ... Read More about In a T-I-Z-Z-Y…
Ten-Million Steps
Our home continues to be a construction zone while we endure a big landscape project. With a projected completion date of three months ago, such S-L-O-W progress has become almost comical. When the bright blue job-johnny appeared, installed conspicuously among our green grapevines, I should have ... Read More about Ten-Million Steps
Not Lettin’ Go!
Three+ weeks of Panther camp is in the books. Long, hot sunny days spent with high energy kids who apparently have to go to the bathroom constantly. Ian would know because escorting kids is one of his duties. “I think they’re playing me mom,” he reports. The bathroom visits are never urgent ... Read More about Not Lettin’ Go!