Jul 20, 2023 | Reflections
I finally rediscovered my love of puzzles. 🧩🧩🧩 Jigsaw puzzles sit quietly on a table, always ready to entertain. I’ve been a puzzler since childhood. Years later, I watched my own children graduate from chunky wooden puzzles to a dozen or more pieces. As my...
Apr 4, 2023 | Reflections
Joyce Kilmer’s poem ‘Trees’ comes to mind every time I swim. Before I dunk in the pool I collect dead beetles, dragonflies, and sometimes an unfortunate frog. In the fall and winter I remove leaves . . . thousands of leaves. My backyard used to host...
Feb 15, 2023 | Reflections
Valentines Day was going to be my theme. ❤️ Instead, JOY took over. 😀 I don’t typically make resolutions for the new year. But after several personal setbacks and disappointments, I determined 2023 🎉 would be different. For months, I longed for sadness to...
Jan 11, 2023 | Reflections
For several months I’ve neglected my Reflections. Happy New Year! I’m back! During my hiatus, someone asked me, “Why do you write?” That question led me down a rabbit hole of pondering. 🐇 Authors are used to the usual inquiries: Where do you write? Some...
Aug 11, 2022 | Reflections
I read to anyone who would listen! The Gingerbread Man was the first book I learned to read. Grab tissues! Even so, my mother still read to me at bedtime. Bambi: A Life in the Woods took several reading sessions. It was NOT the Disney version. When Bambi’s mother...
May 26, 2022 | Reflections
To prepare for a bedroom remodel, I moved my clothes to another room. What a variety of hangers! Circle hanger for swimsuits. Space-saving skirt hanger for shorts. My husband’s favorite hangers are stainless steel. The first time he pulled a shirt from one, it...
