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...
Apr 6, 2022 | Reflections
It must be spring because my friends who garden are aware of what to plant and when. Not me! I even wrote about my black thumb. Flowery photos are flying back and forth through texts. The changing seasons in Central Florida are subtle. On any given day, facing the...
Feb 8, 2022 | Reflections
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” Eleanor Roosevelt It’s February! How are your resolutions coming along? For me, new habits are more likely to stick—the healthy kind—if started on a random day of the week in the middle of...
Dec 9, 2021 | Reflections
My childhood was devoid of gerbils, hamsters, birds, or fish. Other than the photo below, I don’t recall owning a cat. And definitely—NO DOGS! As a preteen, I suffered through a sleepover that included a pony-sized Weimaraner. I learned that its house-rattling bark...
Sep 21, 2021 | Reflections
Years ago, my neighbor noticed my withering fuchsia and neglected Christmas cactus. With shame, I admitted my homicidal history with plants. She said, “Grow pineapples. They thrive on neglect!” Lacking confidence, I bought the prickly fruit, cut off their tops, and...
