One mid-July evening, when the jewel colors of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers and the hills of Douglas Firs sparkle their brightest, Dad...

I recently took a trip back to Indiana to visit family and friends. It was only my fourth time back to visit the land of my husband’s...

I set out to make 2019 the year of writing and of reading Shakespeare. I've been plugging away on my laid out plans to do just that when...

Recently a wise woman told me to ask more questions. I thought this great advice but I asked her why anyway. “It’s the only way to love...

When I was a little girl I used to dance nearly every day. I spent hours with the CD player blasting Strauss waltzes or Tschaikowsky...

Once I was told this rule of thumb: How you end one thing is how you’ll begin the next thing. It might sound a little woo-woo, but I...

I have been recently re-immersed in my paternal family’s history. I’ve always loved the story of their immigration to Hoquiam, Washington...

It happens to all of us. We mean to stay inspired and we do, for a while. And then we get tired and suddenly we wonder, “Will I ever get...

I first heard this idea about three years ago; it’s from British Philosopher Charlotte Mason’s theory of education. She was an educator...

Last Saturday night my husband and I opened a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne. We were celebrating several things: my husband’s...

Even though we had our first snowfall this week and it's peppermint hot chocolate land all over the place, I'm slowly looking ahead to...

I have been wrestling with this idea of what to do when you’ve spent the Gladwellian 10,000 hours (or more) on a skill and you slowly...

I’m reading War and Peace by Tolstoy for the first time and it living up to its hype! It has such a huge reputation that it’s almost a...

Have you ever known that you were to do something – write that card, say those words, take that action – and you shared it with someone...

Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough? Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion? Have I experienced...

“My good deeds are Thine appointments, and Thy gifts; my evil ones are my offenses and Thy judgements.” St. Augustine, Confessions, Book...

I overhead an older lady in a nursing home today. She was telling the Activities Director that she was desperate for some “work” to do....

My husband recently recounted a conversation he had with a person who was about to embark on a second marriage. She said of her first...

It’s a good place to be, truly. Feeling underestimated? Not a bad place to be at all. Own that. It’s your secret weapon. Underdogs have...

Learn me well All other lessons and accomplishments reside In how well you can wear The yoke of monotony Yes indeed, survival even,...