Soul Stirring
“When your soul stirs, take attentive note.” So begins a beautiful book that my friend, Gayle, gifted me several years ago. Simply Soul Stirring: Writing as a Meditative Practice has been a wonderful reminder to “be in the moment” both in writing and life. I hope you’ve experienced those occasions where you feel pure joy…where […]
My Winter of Content
With all due respect, William Shakespeare, but this winter has been anything but full of discontent. Just the opposite. For those of you who have been following our travels in our motorhome, you might recall that two years ago we traveled around Florida. We stayed for a month in Port St. Lucie, renting a lot […]
Breaking Radio Silence
Hey readers…it’s been a minute, I know. My childhood essays on “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” were filled with adventures in my backyard, and worlds away as I discovered my passion for reading. What seemed to be endless, blissful days playing a variety of traditional games, and not so (Hey, Julie, see if you […]
Goosebumps. All. Day. Long.
On the way to the Main Library of Toledo Lucas County Public Library system this past Saturday morning, I enjoyed taking in the scene along the Maumee River. It was a bit cloudy, but the sun was trying to poke out. Then, with a burst of radiance, beams from the sun cleared through the grey […]
Uncharted Territory
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a statement this past week that for the first time in five months, Voyager 1 is returning usable data about the status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to work out the kinks so that the probe starts sending scientific data again. In essence, […]
