The thing that spooks me

The thing that spooks me

I’m not a huge fan of Halloween. In fact, I’m usually glad when October passes and we begin to look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas—my favorite holidays.  There is one thing that really does spook me about Halloween: the fact that it seems to roll around a...
Taking time isn’t wasting time

Taking time isn’t wasting time

Ilove the quiet.  Sometimes the noise levels in our culture seem extreme.  As I pass by other people on my morning walk, I so often see them using ear pods and cell phones for company, education, or entertainment. There is a lot of information available...
Time: Spent or invested?

Time: Spent or invested?

I was a sophomore in high school when Jim Croce’s song “Time in a Bottle” reached #1 on the charts.  He had written the song a year earlier, after his wife had told him she was pregnant. ABC Records hadn’t planned to release the song as a single, but, in 1973,...
The Big 6-0

The Big 6-0

Never has a birthday bugged me like this one. By the time you receive this blog post, I will have turned the BIG 6-0. Now, I know some of you are rolling your eyes and saying, “I wish!” But, others are thinking, “I didn’t realize she was that old.” Still, others are...