Last week, I sat in a circle of six women who’d gathered on a blanket under twin pine trees under a summer sky to save a friendship. If you’ve lived past the age of seven, you know how a friendship can go awry from an angry word, a lazy forgetfulness, a lie, etc. What the world needs more of is love, and especially the brave love…
Friends, a fun way to close your week is brought to you by the Friday Five! Four things I learned this week, and one fun photo! 1. I to see that no broken friendship is impossible to mend if each party is willing to speak the truth gently and listen to what the other has to say. 2. Pear gelato from Tutta Bella in Wallingford is…
Remember in Beauty and the Beast when the heroine sees her father is ill and rushes to his side? She sees it in a magic mirror. The same mirror draws her back to the Beast in his castle. In fairy tales, the magic mirror shows things from a far part of the world or sometimes from the soul (think Snow White). When I look over my…
This week I've decided to add something short and fun to finish off the week. The Friday Five is a collection of five things (this week it's things I've learned), 4 items in a list, and one fun picture. I'm exploring this as I go. Hope you enjoy it too! 1.The shadow of a tree and its leaves on the wall in the early morning sunlight…
Today I have the great pleasure to introduce Matthew R Merrick. I met Matthew on Twitter through a mutual friend and was quickly delighted by his humor and energy. We struck up conversations ranging from the ugliness of grammar Nazis to the best father/daughter dates. His two little girls are very lucky to have a good dad. Matthew is a writer full of life and passion…
She walked out in a pair of tiny denim shorts and a T-shirt that was falling off one shoulder. She spoke in a sweet southern accent that I’d never heard before and burst into real tears as she explained to her best friend that she’d never be responsible enough to be a mother. My sister stole the show for her acting final. I was sitting in…
I've decided I'm part plant. You know, those things that start as a seed and uncurl little leaves? It's why I pout when my herb garden withers. It's why I lose pigmentation when I'm stuck indoors under thick cloud cover. My mother, tongue-in-cheek, said she’d be a sun worshiper if she wasn't a Christian, and I think that I've inherited her sun adoration. Halfway through drafting…
I'm a firstborn girl and I can't help telling people what to do sometimes. At least that's my story I tell myself. :) Although it can make me obnoxious at times, there are moments when the leadership is much appreciated and needed. Thank goodness! I blog on Heather Huffman's site today in her Heather's Mark series on using my powers of bossyness for good (or for…
Earlier this week, I began my endeavor to prove my reasons for admiring BBC's TV Sherlock Holmes. I continue it here. Duality (continued). While discussing Moriarty's victims, Sherlock says to Watson, "Would caring about them help to save them?" (The Great Game). And yet, when Holmes plays his violin, clearly brokenhearted after Irene Adler’s disappearance, I felt his brilliant mind meeting his breaking heart, and the…
I, like many around the world, have fallen under Sherlock's enchantment. Specifically Sherlock as portrayed in the BBC’s Sherlock, which has finished its second season. Ahem, this post will not dwell on the high cheekbones of Benedict Cumberbatch, just FYI. I'll leave that to Irene Adler. The mystery I want to unlock: What makes Sherlock so compelling? I've narrowed it down to a few possible causes.…