The girl and I had planned for months to go back to Tennessee. It hugged us close the last time we were there and we needed to feel it again. I drove in the quiet of the morning and captured quick my view as it disappeared behind me. The girl turned on The Great British …
Two years ago, at this same time of year, I found myself with a terminally ill car and not enough resources to get another one of any better quality. It wasn’t that I didn’t save my money. It wasn’t that I didn’t live within my means. It’s just that my savings and my means didn’t …
I sat in church yesterday and let the words of the songs run down my heart, the parts that felt raw like salt in a carpet burn. I held the bread and juice of the communion in my hands and felt like the beggar at the tableside. I’m just back from visiting my daughter …
I’ve been reading a lot about being minimal; in diet, possessions, technology, mind set. What do I really want, really need that adds the most value to my life? It’s quite personal, the answers to those. My body, my thoughts, my emotions nudge me to pay close attention these days. The future doesn’t seem endless …
I never get tired of it; the mornings when I can savor quiet and move slower, when the calendar and the clock aren’t my dictators. I take the time to make my scrambled eggs fluffier and more flavorfully complicated, all spices and Tofutti. I pour myself a fancy glass, not the everyday mason jars, with …