For my Slice of Life post tonight, I write about a surprise that changed my life years ago. This post is also for the Five Minute Friday community where ladies come together to write without backing up for five minutes on a prompt word. Tonight's word is "surprise." A Continue Reading
Quest: Finding Life’s Simplicity
Simplicity is not complicated when I fulfill my roles as mother, wife, sister, and daughter by keeping things to the simplest denominator. How do We Achieve Simplicity? Simplifying confuses in its approach. Sometimes we complicate the world we live in with too many choices or not Continue Reading
Leaps of Faith in Writing: A Poem
This poem is a rewrite of one that I started in March 2013. I focus on taking chances and leaps of faith in my writing and discuss my techniques to find inspiration. Taking Gigantic Leaps of Faith To Write And Share When I start something anew I leap into it With Continue Reading
My Experiment with Basil Pesto
I am not a cooking blog, but I tried a healthy recipe of basil pesto using fresh my own freshly grown basil. I added the basil pesto to whole wheat pasta. I thought it was just "okay." It looks delicious. I miss the real pasta, butter, Continue Reading
First Scrimmage Little League Game
My grandson, who is 5, swung his bat with joy, laughing as it connected with the ball. He played his first Little League scrimmage game with joy. He then preceded to run when his coach yelled, "Run, J!" The only problem instead of running to first base he ran out to left field. The Continue Reading