My mother used to say that there are only two things in this world you can be sure of: DEATH and TAXES. As I have gone along the path of life, I have discovered that there is a third unflinching item that can be added into this small select group. CHANGE. Change will happen. Good change, bad change, the pleasant surprises… Read More
Weeds
Yesterday, I spent the entire day pulling weeds from the gardens. Great big piles of them. Some of those weeds had become larger than the flowers. I could feel them laughing at me as I tugged and pulled, as I muttered at myself, berating myself for letting things get so out of hand. Oh sure…we’ve been out playing, enjoying the… Read More
Big Erasers
Last night, my youngest daughter came to me frustrated by something she was trying to draw. Irritated, she handed me the blue pen and the paper she had been working with. “fix it.” She cried. ” It isn’t working.” She had toiled with it past the point of polite requests or wanting an art lesson. She just wanted a magic… Read More