A Year of Reading (with gratitude)

May 2, 2019

About eight months ago, I was carded at a restaurant (yes) when the waitperson told me that my driver’s license was expired. More than a

April 28, 2019

We live in the middle of Timber Crest Forest. Trees are plentiful. After months of knowing the trees by their trunks, boughs, and branches, the

April 27, 2019

I am grateful for e-books. There. I’ve said it. I normally keep that quiet because I feel like I’m betraying The Readerhood. I have my

April 26, 2019

When I started working at the public library when I was 16, shelving books and magazines opened my world. I was attracted to The New

April 26, 2019

Yesterday, my cherished husband packed up a picnic lunch, invited me to sit lakeside to watch the spring waters, and converse. It was a much-needed

April 24, 2019

Numbers have intimidated me for most of my life. Words are my comfortable space, numbers not so much. In high school, we spent a month

April 23, 2019

I love taking showers. I do my best thinking there. But I always felt disgusted by a plastic shower curtain liner: the smell, the clinging,

April 22, 2019

I am grateful every day for the wonder of our Earth. So much beauty. Treated with respect, it provides sustenance, which we must return. We

April 21, 2019

In my early teens, I was too sick for my mom and me to travel to Chicago for Easter to visit her brother’s family. Instead,

April 20, 2019

All throughout the winter, what I miss the most is the comfort of our curtains blowing in the breeze. The graceful dance of the curtains

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