The state of the US notwithstanding, my life has felt like a chaotic ocean storm, not quite a Low Tide at sunset hurricane, but a sudden...

As I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, January had presented North Carolina’s first snow, sleet, and maybe freezing rain was falling...

Sometimes, just sometimes, the thing which looks almost too good to be true, can be true.

Part One Dinner is over, the dishwasher is loaded, and dusk is falling. I sit in my armchair reading. My phone rings and I answer even...

I sit on my patio in the sweltering heat. The fringe tree’s leaves remain light green, but slightly curled. Its blossoms have long since...

Spring is such a glorious time of rebirth. Flowers make their way above the soil and present us with brilliant blossoms. Young ones of...

Blossoms from my early spring bulbs faded weeks ago. The wild violets I allow to run rampant through the flower beds have reached the...

I've been asking that question since the unseasonably warm spells of January. But I think now my favorite time of year is nearly here....

December is upon us. That magical time when children dream of sugar plums, school vacation and snow. For me it’s time for summing up the...

Leaves of yellow, brown, and gold release their hold on my neighbor’s poplar tree to dance through the air and land on the frosted...

Have you ever thought about the way we sometimes use rooms in our homes in slightly different ways than their designers envisioned? Take...

In mid-June the temperatures here in North Carolina are rivaling those we usually see later, in July. I gather tools and my floppy hat to...

Sweat dribbles past the band in my hat and down my temple as I snip away at the black-eyed susans’ riotous yellow orange petals which...

It’s funny that an everyday item can spur a trip down memory lane. Remember when every store you entered gave you a “members” tag for...

Leaning back in my patio chair, I’ve paused my to-do list and relish the quiet enveloping my yard after the last week’s hustle and bustle...

This modest statue of Confucius has greeted me for nearly thirty years. Not sure this is a statue of Confucius, but it seems more...

The end of May is upon us. The year is nearly half over. What did I spend time on? My to-do list never seems to get shorter. Part of that...

I must confess. I have another love beyond my family, friends, and books for reading or writing: gardening. Flower gardens bring beauty...

Recently I read a post written by someone with living with bipolar. As she shared her story, she develop a premise that too often, when...

Not unlike many people, throughout much of my life I’ve used a piece of jewelry or other item as a good luck charm or as a way of...