Words of Wisdom

When I moved to Houston to teach my second year of school, I was all of 23 years old. Tony and his buddy Bryan were college boys who had gotten involved at church by joining a "zone/visitation" group. What this meant for them was free food once a month. Many of the groups had fallen …

“My thoughts are with you, holding hands with your heart.”

This is my favorite line from "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire. What a GREAT collection of words! I turned 50 in August, and shortly after that, Tony and I attended a workshop for school where a guy had made a chart with little squares to symbolize the years of his life that were gone …

Toast Time

When our niece, Heather, was visiting us over Spring Break, she asked Victoria, “What is your favorite food?”  Victoria’s reply was, “Toast.”  Heather was not impressed—there are FAR MORE exciting foods in the world than toast.  Victoria explained to her that toasted bread can be used for all sorts of things and made in all …

44–It’s not what you think.

If you are reading this post, it is because you love me a lot, and hope springs eternal that I might ACTUALLY write something again. . .and here it is.  It is about. . . COMMUNICATION   I'm not sure why this thought comes to me again and again--but it does.  Maybe it's because I have …

For Laura

Dear Laura, I am so thrilled you came into the shop today. First of all, that you loved the little yellow bird who "spoke" to you drew my attention immediately. That is why I said you needed to give it a name. I have a ceramic cow named Pearl, a rather large, ceramic rooster named …

A Saturday in September

Long ago, I read an article from Garrison Keillor (that I've probably referenced here before) regarding letter writing. How letters are a gift, and we shouldn't apologize when we write them (as in, "I'm sorry it's been so long since I wrote. . ."), rather we should just dive in and write. So here I …

Walking

When I was in college, in Abilene, newly married, a new mom--up to maybe 4 years ago, I was a walker.  It was my exercise of choice--my go to.  I LOVE yoga, but I find that I REALLY need to be in a yoga class, and those are few and far between in Magnolia. The …

A Pensieve

I need to write more.  I've said this more often in the last three or four years than I care to remember.  Writing, for me, is a way to siphon off the excess thoughts and put them in a place where I can keep them.  JK Rowling describes the need for this to perfection in …

Those We Know

My friends' parents are part of the soundtrack of my childhood.  In junior high and especially high school, I spent many more nights than I can count at the homes of Sarah and Mary Linda.  I lived 25 miles away from where I went to school, so overnight stays after football games or play practice …

Friends

I am incredibly blessed to have many, many friends.  I have been granted these gifts by God, and I got to see one of them back in the fall AND again a few weeks ago. Before Tony and I built our new home, we were attending church in Houston.  A couple of years after we …