June 11, 2014
After a semester off, I purposely came back for another round of more grueling mental work. Finally, after much agony, I decided to enroll in my third graduate class in writing. I’m usually decisive, but each semester, I battle over whether I should take another class. And then I try to analyze if the struggle proves that it’s […]
Read More →January 30, 2014
I love snow days. I’d been longing for one ever since I started my new job, over two years ago. With each forecast of a possibility of snow, however remote, I’d get my hopes up. And not even one flake would come. Steve and I moved to North Carolina in December four years ago, quickly welcomed by the scene below and with profuse […]
Read More →January 9, 2014
Unless you live in Phoenix or San Diego, you’ve felt the effects of this week’s polar vortex, setting low-temperature records all over most of the States. This arctic blast caused our thermometer to dip down to zero degrees Tuesday morning but, unlike many of you, we have not been socked with snow. Not even a flake. (Actually, we […]
Read More →August 13, 2013
One thing that I feel more acutely as I get older is my constant need to come back to the Source of Life to be refueled. No longer can I rely on adrenaline or youthful energy. My batteries frequently need not only recharging but redirecting. Questions about how to invest my time take on added […]
Read More →May 16, 2013
Life is funny. Life makes me laugh. Or as they pronounce it here in the South, “Laugh makes me laugh.” Steve and I had this conversation on the ride home from a community group recently: Steve: What did she mean “laugh is hard?” Me: I think that’s “life is hard.” Just the other day, my friendly […]
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