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One cannot plan for the unexpected. ~Aaron Klug Sometimes you have a bump in the road. Literally. At least for my husband. Monday afternoon, I needed some tomato juice to make chili since we were planning to have my husband’s brothers and sisters-in-law and sister over for a chili supper on Tuesday. My husband volunteered to make the grocery store …
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ~Walter Hagen Have you ever worried about something until you were nearly sick? The Bible warns us that worrying is useless and shows lack of faith. As true as that is, I also know that most all of us …
“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” — Tom Wilson Have you ever seen a dog smile? You might say Frankie is smiling here, or it could just be a goofy look. You can decide. We did have a dog named Tate once that did smile. Whenever we would get home after being to church, town, school, …
National Puppy Day is observed on March 23rd every year. It celebrates the sweetness and fun of puppies and how just looking at them can make us smile. But the woman who got the day started had a more serious goal in mind beside making us all smile. National Puppy Day began in 2006, thanks to Colleen Paige, an animal …
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A few years ago, I was blessed to go to a writer’s retreat in California. After the retreat was over, my husband I took the 27 Mile Drive along the coastline between Monterey and Carmel. Along the route we stopped to see this tree out on that rocky point. …
“A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” – Amy Tan Today is my mother’s birthday. She’s been gone on to heaven now for almost ten years. I still miss her. She was one of those best moms ever. Birthdays were always a time for a family celebration. While we might not have always celebrated …
I’m not exactly sure when I first started sharing my Sunday morning walks and sights, but I think 2012 could have been close to the start if not the start. That was back when Facebook had a limit on how many words per post and I had to work hard to tell what I wanted in few words. I …
“No story lives unless someone wants to listen.” ~J.K. Rowling Someone once called me a storyteller and I have ever since thought it was one of the nicest compliments I have ever received about my writing. I want to tell stories or at least write them down. But as the J.K. Rowling quote says, if nobody listens/reads then a story …
Thank you all for sharing about your favorite birds after I wrote about birds in my stories. You had so many favorites, and I enjoyed reading about them. Cardinals and hummingbirds were mentioned often. Cardinals are so bright and cheerful and hummingbirds fun to watch as well as lovely. Woodpeckers showed up among your favorites several times and doves with …
Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine. ~Hiral Nagda I like birds. My mom liked birds. She loved feeding them and so do I. So I suppose it’s only natural that I enjoy putting a few birds in my stories. The three books pictured …