There is a difference between ‘leaving’ and ‘going out from’. You can leave a place or a situation with no thoughts or intentions of going back or having any additional involvement. But when you ‘go out from’ those places or situations, you carry them with you to be able to utilize the relationships and experiences … Continue reading See the Difference Between Leaving and Going Out From →

Mostly, I am able to muster up a positive, optimistic attitude. Sometimes the day just dang gets me though.  This week contained one of those days.  You know...the quest for perfection is an ugly monster. Last week’s bi-annual eye specialist appointment was a bit discouraging. I knew, looking out from the inside, that something was not … Continue reading Peering Back at Perfection →

Babe's needs are pretty basic:  shelter, food, water, exercise and love.  Her schedule never really changes from day to day.  She is getting a little older and a little slower.  She sleeps more and she gets cranky more often. But then, aren’t we all?!  Babe is my niece’s nine (nearly ten) year old Boxer.  Well, … Continue reading Through Babe’s Eyes →

As long as I can remember, I have longed for, desired to have, dreamed about and pined for long, thick, wavy, healthy, beautiful hair - girlie hair.  For many, many years I bought in to the belief that long hair made you more feminine.  It made you more desirable.  It made you more beautiful.  It … Continue reading Why Does Your Hair Look Like That? →

So, my planned topic this week was French toast and the recollections that surround my sometimes... ahhhh... umm... ineffective attempts at preparing this simple dish.  That intention was unashamedly ambushed.  As the week has progressed and cooler, crisper weather has moved in, I have been forced to conduct my annual (bi-annual actually), relocation of spiders duty...and yes, that was the nice way of putting … Continue reading I Don’t See Spiders Like I Used To! →

With everything going on this past week, the sadness that has overtaken our country in a crazy and unfathomable way, it has been a struggle to sit down and concentrate enough to be able to write something light and cheery over the past few days.  I think I am pretty sheltered.... no, I know I am very … Continue reading As Long as You Can See the Double Line… →

Another summer of hot sun, purple petunias, splashes of ice-cold sweet tea and sweaty front porch settin' has come to a close.  As most people are packing the season away to make room for fall's  cooler temperatures, yellow mums, cinnamon and spice cider and snuggling on the couch, I am not quite ready to let … Continue reading A Glimpse of a Summer Camp Kid →

How, you might ask, does one acquire a two-thousand dollar friend...and Why?  I don't know how most people do it, but I can tell you the how for me.  Most likely it is not even something that is normally done, but we are talking about me here!  As far as investments go, I must say, it … Continue reading Take a Peek at My $2,000 Friend  →

Looking back, thinking of your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and such is sort of like taking homemade picture shows that you load up and watch in your memory from time to time.  The making of those memories in the first place is a sacred, special time.  Some of those homemade picture show memories are very … Continue reading Looking Back on Messy Toes, Tents and Scooby-Doo →

I rode, as a passenger, by the little white stone cottage today.  There were people sitting on the porch in those white, wooden rocking chairs; but papaw was not there.  He has not been there for a few months now; but every time I go by that cozy little dwelling I look. I look longingly, … Continue reading Won’t See Papaw On the Porch →