From the time I was very young, I have always loved looking at house plans and dreaming of the perfect one.  There used to be a new house plan in the Sunday paper each week to daydream about. Although, I don't see a new house in my future, I still collect house plans on my favorite "social-media-idea-gathering" … Continue reading Looking Around to See if Any One Is Watching →

Since I am a slightly more land-locked than I used to be these days, partly by circumstance and partly by choice, I have been living vicariously over the past year or so through the wanderings of a friend who is making her way all over Europe; and she is having some of the coolest adventures.  I think, … Continue reading Facing My Fears →

It has been a rather emotional few weeks for some folks that I hold dear.  Thoughts of them, and the memories running through my mind, has caused me to start searching through my stash of old journals to refresh myself on some special moments.  My pastor of the past fifteen years is going through some pretty … Continue reading Written Words to Look Back On →

Looks like the warm, gray, fleece blanket is going back on the bed ... again!  We are headed toward the middle of April in the south and we are still doing the off again, on again, off again ... uh um ... on again winter blanket dance!  As I write this, it is 38 degrees, supposed to get … Continue reading Inspect the Protective Layer →