The deep rumble of thunder began about 5:00 this morning. One of life's most delicious sounds if you are tucked in a warm bed and have a few more hours to sleep. Luckily, I did. I woke well past my alarm, stretched, threw some clothes on and headed downstairs to pour myself a cup of […]

Wake up late because your white noise machine drowned out your alarm. Have your new alarm be your husband of 40 years waking you by rubbing your feet. Stumble out of bed, throw on your clothes from yesterday, including your late father-in-law's delicious flannel shirt. Reheat yesterday's coffee in your second favorite mug because you […]

A good, long novel … Swimming laps … Freckles popping up on my nose … Drinks on the porch … Lazy, slow, weekend afternoons … The smell of freshly mowed grass … Lighting bugs … (first spotting last night!) Lush, sweet-smelling flowers … Working up a (good) sweat … Sun on my face … The […]

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: […]

Memorial Day is past; it is now officially "The Season of the Porch!" I have declared it so! We live in a very old home. The exact date she was built is sketchy. We have some books that came with the home when we purchased her almost 26 years ago, and they allude to the […]

I love the newsletter The Marginalian by Maria Popova. It's brilliant and so well curated it is almost as if you read an entire life-altering book (or two!) when you immerse yourself in her musings. She wrote this recently and I cannot stop thinking about it: "You are the only custodian of your own integrity […]