My friend Missy’s recent post got me thinking. She posted a beautiful picture of a sunset. While that alone is worth sharing, it was her comme…
We are not yet to Candlemas. Not close yet to spring. While all things feel heavy, it is out of the darkness that a shoot of life springs forth.
A little more than a half-century ago, conservative Democrats — back then there were such things — wrote a loophole into the state constitutio…
A baby has been on my mind lately.
You hear people say, don’t let your past define you. I get it. While you shouldn’t carry a mistake on your shoulders for the rest of your life…
There’s something comforting about knowing that in the middle of the winter and a tiresome pandemic, the Abingdon Farmers Market is still offe…
We are making waffles as the sun creeps over the mountain. Rather, it is my husband and our youngest who are whisking the batter. He is tellin…
My friend Missy’s recent post got me thinking. She posted a beautiful picture of a sunset. While that alone is worth sharing, it was her comme…
A little more than a half-century ago, conservative Democrats — back then there were such things — wrote a loophole into the state constitutio…
You hear people say, don’t let your past define you. I get it. While you shouldn’t carry a mistake on your shoulders for the rest of your life…
There’s something comforting about knowing that in the middle of the winter and a tiresome pandemic, the Abingdon Farmers Market is still offe…
There are times in life when things are too big for words. Our language, with its finite descriptions, fails us. There are things that can be …
While 2020, sadly, is the year of COVID-19, the good news is 2021 should be the year of the coronavirus vaccine. While we’re at it, let’s make…
My friend Missy’s recent post got me thinking. She posted a beautiful picture of a sunset. While that alone is worth sharing, it was her comme…
We are not yet to Candlemas. Not close yet to spring. While all things feel heavy, it is out of the darkness that a shoot of life springs forth.
A baby has been on my mind lately.
You hear people say, don’t let your past define you. I get it. While you shouldn’t carry a mistake on your shoulders for the rest of your life…
We are making waffles as the sun creeps over the mountain. Rather, it is my husband and our youngest who are whisking the batter. He is tellin…
There are times in life when things are too big for words. Our language, with its finite descriptions, fails us. There are things that can be …
As the old year dwindled, the pace of it was notably quieter than any other. While many missed gatherings, concerts, parties and ballets, my h…
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