HAND-CRAFTED — A “Simple Sunday” Piece With Hugs and Photos

HAND-CRAFTED I come to the holidays, my hands open wide, carrying simple gifts to share with family and with friends. I come with words from deep inside, and written down as they flow through this pen I hold in my hand. I come with simple tunes to play upon my fiddle here, with names attached […]

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

“I may never be good enough for someone, but I’ll be the BEST for those that deserve me.” I’ve been a loner for many years now, but I wasn’t always this way. I was once I wide eyed innocent little girl who thought everyone wanted to be my friend as much as I wanted to […]

An Open Letter to My Friends

My dear friends, As someone who was basically a loner for many years (and still am in some ways) when I make a friend, or several if I’m lucky, I really and truly appreciate them. And I can say that I truly have been lucky because I have met so many good people on this […]

Daily Musical Interludes

A little daytime music interlude. Go ahead, see if it’s not addictive.

Always Look on the Inside

I remember reading a story once about a man who was exploring some caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled up some clay and left them out in the sun to bake.

May This Encourage You

Don’t spend major time with minor people.

If there are people in your life

that continually disappoint you,

break promises, and stomp on your dreams,

too judgmental, have different values and

don’t have your back during difficult times…

that is not a friend.

Well Repairs and a Grandiose Idea

It was certainly a busy weekend.  I wish I could have been here more to take part in the debate of the ethics/morality of the human species’ place on the food chain, but I had other fish to fry, so to speak. On Thursday when The Man went to the pump house to turn the […]

Inside of Me (Poetry/Photo)

Inside of Me These eyes that welcome the morning sun, looking forward to the day ahead can’t mask or contain the emotions within; sometimes happy, sometimes sad, so many feelings inside. For my eyes are the mirror of my feelings inside, emotions that can leave me quite spent, tears welling up and spilling over, tears […]

Simple Thanks

Simple Thanks In the midst of all the negativity that I can’t help but notice as it sneaks up on me, I look around and I’m reminded once more that despite all the things in this world that simply aren’t right I do have much to be thankful for. And this Thanksgiving I remember once […]

Across the Miles

Across the Miles Two unlikely souls brought together, you and I, in what couldn’t have been an accident, but simply meant to be. You cheered me up and made me smile when I could have cried all day; you motivated me when I just didn’t feel like it; you made me hum a tune when […]