As I look back on my childhood, I realize that many of my best memories came from the shared misery my sisters and I endured. Sharing the back seat of a Volvo for numerous trips to my uncle’s dairy farm, often with bags of cow manure for my father’s organic garden in the trunk. We had to come up with ways to fight the boredom of those five-hour car trips with only two … [Read more...]
I Write Therefore I am
Well it’s Sunday morning, and I’m sitting at my desk, typing away, hoping that something brilliant will magically appear on my computer screen. So far, nothing brilliant has appeared. Still I sit and type because it’s Sunday, and I have a deadline. I’ve tried to come up with an idea, but nothing will come. Should I write about the snow? No. It’s been done. What … [Read more...]
When it Takes More than a Kiss to Make it All Better
For the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling a bit sluggish, and my patience with my three darlings has been used up well before lunchtime. I’ve chalked up my less-than-charming personality to the summer doldrums and the excessive heat. Also, the doctor just told me my vitamin D levels were in the subhuman level, so maybe that’s been making me a little more edgy. But today as … [Read more...]
I Can Be Silent No More
Every now and then I have found myself in a relationship that stopped working for me but for the sake of members of my family I have continued to keep the offending party in my life. I’ll look to see what these relationships can teach me, see where I’m at fault, and do my best to change. But today I have come to the realization that there are some things that just can’t be … [Read more...]
