A big, beautiful spider has set up her home outside my kitchen window. I have grown attached to her presence and greet her each morning, watching her work or sleep while I take my first few sips of coffee. For those who hate spiders, I see you. But she is where she belongs (outside) and […]

A lovely little re-post from last August ... Enjoy! *************************************** I worked in the gardens until sweat poured down my face. It was one of those sultry August weekends in Iowa that makes us all flee inside to avoid wilting. Though tempted to sip iced tea in the air conditioning, my gardens called to me. […]

This is my annual Pride Month repost of this message of love ... I don't often make religious claims with absolute certainty. Not my style. But I am gonna' do it right here, right now. After studying the life of Jesus in the Gospels for the last 40 years, I can state with absolute certainty […]

Faith deconstruction seems like a natural by-product of life. The faith of our childhood, our young adulthood, should morph, change, and become more mature. If I still have the faith of an 18-year old at age 58, something went seriously wrong. Over three years ago I left a church I loved and was a part […]

I have been doing dip manicures for over a year now. If you don't know what a dip manicure is here is how the Cleveland Clinic defines it: "a popular manicure technique where your natural or artificial nails are brushed with a resin/glue base and dipped into a finely milled colored powder. The process is […]

I have been reposting older content lately. I like going back and reading my own posts. They make me smile and they make me think and I hope they do one or the other for you, too. If they do both, all the better! But I am committed to a bit of a new thing: […]