today: 83/365

today: 83/365

I can’t do it all but here’s the stuff I would like to do today: change out my clothes finish updating my blog list finish visiting you all in your natural habitats catch up responding to all your lovely comments work on the revision of my novel because my...
trains: 82/365

trains: 82/365

I love trains–especially hearing one in the night in the distance, that faraway sound moving father away that means somebody is going somewhere. I love riding on trains and watching them go by. I never mind (anymore) being stopped by one on my way somewhere...
this house II: 81/365

this house II: 81/365

It’s difficult for me to give voice to a lot of things but wanting to sell this house is not one of them. Yesterday’s post will not have surprised anyone in our family. Having lived in one place for twenty-five years, there’s always something, and...
this house: 80/365

this house: 80/365

I bet I could read Katrina Kenison’s How We Spend Our Days essay every morning and take away something different. But what’s striking me at this moment is how she’s able to find beauty in the not-so-obvious things. It’s been a long time since I...
birthday: 79/365

birthday: 79/365

Today is my birthday! Yes, April Fool’s Day. Born fifty-eight years ago today in a snow storm in Rapid City, South Dakota, where my father was in the Air Force. 58, 58, 58–getting used to it. Thanks for all the wonderful comments of support and...