Right now I’m busier than a one-legged cat in a sandbox. Or as they say here in the South, I’m all covered up. I’m fully into my busy season at work. Don’t get me wrong; I am not complaining. Far from it. When I have work that engages my mind, the days speed by. I […]

April is one of my favorite months. The delicate spring flowers and temperate weather add a zip to my step. April ushers in hope that the long winter is ending.  New life bursts forth from bulbs hidden in their dark tombs. It’s usually the month we celebrate the Jesus’ resurrection life shattering the grave. What […]

This is one of them. Every morning this week, I’ve struggled to get going and leave for work in the dark. The combined culprits are the dreaded Daylight Saving Time, a weekend jam-packed with activity, and the fact that the campus where I work is virtually closed down for Spring Break except for a skeleton […]

The last two Fridays, I bounded out of bed in the wee hours of dawn, which is not even close to my normal morning sit-on-the-side-of-the-bed-in-a-stupor-and-stare-into-the-closet routine. I ran to the window, fully expecting to see mounds of white stuff covering our yard. Only a light layer of frost greeted me. Not enough to have my […]

After 18 days of feeling sick, not sleeping through the night because of coughing and missing a full week from work fighting a bad case of bronchitis, I finally hobbled back to the office, not quite healthy but starting to mend and with no more sick days left to take. I jumped off the deep […]