This has been a quiet week in my neighborhood. Families must be gone, celebrating the Fourth at the beach, or a lake, or maybe somewhere far away. It continues to feel like a season of waiting, as I wrote about in my post two weeks ago Season of Waiting. I have no travel plans, no … Continue reading Summertime Moments
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Encouraging the Artist Within
Recently, I pulled a book from my shelf that I haven't read in many years: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. I purchased it at my first writers' conference in the early nineties and used it to help me delve into the art that had been pushed down deep inside. Looking … Continue reading Encouraging the Artist Within
Season of Waiting
Tonight, on this first night of summer, I write this post while sitting in a wicker chair on my front porch. I listen to the sound of water trickling down the ribbed sides of our pottery fountain. Birds are flitting back and forth in the early evening light. Parents pass with school-age children riding bikes … Continue reading Season of Waiting
Dolphin Morning: Animals in Our Path
This first full day of my Outer Banks journey, I headed to the Manteo waterfront for an 8:30 a.m. Dolphin Cruise with Captain Johnny. My sister, Peggy gave it to me for my birthday back in March. She turned sixty the same month and likes gifts that offer the recipient a memorable experience; get out … Continue reading Dolphin Morning: Animals in Our Path
First Year of Discovery
Today we celebrated my grandson, Baker's first birthday. In a house decorated with colorful balloons and fiesta themed tablecloth the day before Cinco de Mayo, we gathered cousins and other family members around our little one year old. Seeing his cousins 'helping' Baker open his gifts since they are older, reminded me of how the … Continue reading First Year of Discovery
People in Our Path: Visits with Pauline
For almost seven years, I've traveled to my hometown twice a week to check on my mother at Parkview. When Mama first went there to live, I'd see so many of my high school classmates, all visiting their mothers, that I thought we could almost have a high school reunion in that retirement village. Most … Continue reading People in Our Path: Visits with Pauline
Going Home to Launch
Yesterday, I stood before the family, friends, and new readers who would now be friends gathered in the Shallow Well United Church of Christ fellowship building for my book launch. I was ready to end the anticipation and step forward and present the book I'd worked on for the past ten years. "It's only fitting that … Continue reading Going Home to Launch
People in My Path: Tapestry of Support
When I go on my Solo Journeys each year, I pray before I leave that God will "bless me and the people in my path." I never know who those people will be, but when traveling alone I know that I'll depend on others along my way, and they may need that same support from … Continue reading People in My Path: Tapestry of Support
Reframing: Giveaway to Gift
You see it everywhere-- Free stuff in exchange for something. Audiences on The Ellen Show jump up and down with excitement as she gives one thing away then another to her raving fans. Dr. Phil gives a book by a professional that’s under the audiences' chairs. Giveaways also come in meager forms like raffles at … Continue reading Reframing: Giveaway to Gift
The People in our Path: Unlikely Friends
Ten years ago, I gave myself a birthday gift of attending a writing conference in Greensboro—about forty minutes from my home. I didn’t know anyone going to the conference and decided to approach it like my solo journeys—praying that God would bless me and the people in my path, trusting that things would unfold as … Continue reading The People in our Path: Unlikely Friends
