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Category: In the News

  • Five Things (A Day Late)

      I intended to post this last night. You know, "Five Things on Friday" – that catchy alliteration thing. Instead, I went dancing.  So here are my "Five Things on Friday, on Saturday":   1. Did you watch the Grammies? I did this year for the first time in ages. So I was even more…

  • Blurry Days and Short Lists

    Confession time: My tree is still bare. Also, and much worse, I'm guilty of only haphazardly noting my sweet!s this week. The days just melted into each other. I jotted a few on random pieces of paper around the house, but most never got past the good intentions stage and the memory is gone. Why…

  • Lighting a Candle

    Thinking of those babies in Connecticut tonight, and their teachers. The families left in mourning.   Thinking of the young man and how desperately sad he must have been…how full of despair and darkness…to do what he did. Vowing to try harder to be a light in this world, instead of contributing to the darkness.  

  • Did You Get Yours?

      I bought a Powerball Lottery ticket today. It had been so long, I wasn't even sure how to do it, but the nice kid behind the counter was very helpful.  I'm not sure why I decided to throw my numbers into that hat. I know what the odds of winning are (ridiculous!) but in…

  • Rainy Days, for a change

    Gray clouds arrived in our area Thursday, causing flash floods just down the road, washing away boat docks that had been sitting on dry ground for two years… long enough for grass to grow underneath. Drought to flood – that's how it goes around here lately. I took this on Thursday morning. I stood on…

  • Lessons

    Lord, take me where you want me to go;Let me meet who you want me to meet;Tell me what you want me to say; andKeep me out of your way. – Fr. Mychal Judge, FDNY (died 9/11/01)     Every year in late September, early October, I head to the coast with a group of…

  • Thursday?!! What happened to Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?

    When I woke up this morning, light splashed across the livingroom floor, a "good night!" from the full moon who quickly snuggled under the treeline, out of sight. Then tonight moonlight bathed our metal roof, making it glow. I never get tired of seeing that. One day I'll figure out how to capture a photo…

  • To my kids (and myself)

         "…..I urge you to do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.  Don’t bother with work you don’t believe in any more than you would a spouse you’re not crazy about, lest you too find yourself on the wrong side of a Baltimore Orioles…

  • Under Attack

    It seemed like a good idea at the time, getting off the main road and taking the path along the creek for a bit on my morning walk. The problem is that path is little more than a deer trail in many places, making it necessary to duck and zigzag around mountain cedar branches.  Well,…

  • Ben’s Story… When the Fantasy Ends and Heaven Begins

    Ben Breedlove, an Austin teenager, died Christmas night.  I didn't know him personally; in fact, I had never heard of him until this week.  But after watching the videos below, I know I won't forget him or his sweet smile. Ben had a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; according to his videos, he had cheated death…