It was rumoring autumn in New England last week when we visited Pete’s parents. The Japanese maple in his old back yard was tinting more red than usual, and one evening while we were there, we could smell wood smoke…
Hold
Sometimes you are given a gift that you don’t know how to accept. You don’t know how to receive it, because you don’t know the depths of your own heart, and the little you do know leads you to believe…
Reach
I went into the hospital in June of 2004 with a herxheimer reaction that ended for me any questions that I might not really be sick. I was having convulsions and I couldn’t stand up, let alone walk. I was…
Settled
I mentioned panic and anxiety attacks on Monday. I asked a friend to pray for me. She asked another friend, who stepped in strong on my behalf yesterday. I told the truth; they spoke it back. There is no feeling…
Unplug
Today has not exactly been a good day. It has not exactly been a bad day. Or maybe it has been horrible. Or spectacular. I think that the technical word for my state today is “stir-crazy.” I feel like I’m…
More
Pete says he sees a change. He says I’m doing better. I do see a little more energy here, a little faster movement there. My brain is a little clearer than it has been. But this week has been hard…
Sunset
Here is where the gold gets all tangled up in brown, dancing tangos with the crimson in the old, tired oaks. -July 27, 2011 I hate being a writer sometimes. You think you have inspiration, and it stops after one…
Diminish
“Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.“ – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942
Opinion III
I don’t talk about politics. I actually have some very strong opinions about them, but I honestly feel that there is no need to add one more shout to the din by expressing them. So this opinion isn’t about politics.…
Opinion II
Yup. I forgot I was going to try to post one per week. So here is this week’s post in which I will be more direct than I typically allow myself to be at my blog. If you don’t want…