The tail end of fall is falling outside. Leaves pile up. A holy thing. My husband is disturbed by the leaves and wants time to mow them....

I have been plotting and planning with a granddaughter about her dad’s birthday. Thinking about his birthday led me in the opposite...

I listen to young teens ruminating about the great harvest of apples, nests in the trees, apples of “no worth” purposefully left behind...

If we only knew the load each person bears, we’d likely become more loving, giving, caring. I wonder if God is bringing more and more...

No idea, no clue how this happens. In the thick of the day, I can be as solid as rock, hard as I need to be, and then, safe enough to be...

The dogwoods are blooming. I am returning home this morning from a poetry retreat. A son lives in a town between the retreat site and...

When doctors are juggling my friend’s meds to find the right balance and she is feeling at her worst, she says, “It is like I’m floating...

Fog, mist, chill in the air. I visit a friend who just rescued another dog. She worries aloud that she has no place to permanently keep...

Phone calls are helping rebuild a relationship. 25 years or more have passed, and my son finally told me about a hard memory. I don’t...