Each year I choose a word of the year, a single word on which to focus throughout the year with the hope that that word will help me grow. This year’s word is TODAY. I chose the word today partially because I am a life-long procrastinator, at least from the outside looking in. For example, when it came to writing papers while I was in school, I usually did the physical writing at the eleventh hour, but all of the…
Let’s talk about reading. Not the reading of specific books. At least not right now. But how reading fits into our lives. I have said previously that I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. That is true; but, I do set a few goals for myself with the arrival of each new year. For 2025, I set an intention to read one hundred books. Last January, this seemed like an easily attainable goal; two books a week with some built in…
Happy New Year! Though today is the first day of the new calendar year, it is not a significant new beginning in my mind. My emotional new year starts with my birthday, which was four days ago. So, last night, New Year’s Eve, was more or less a non-event. I spent the night knitting and drawing and avoiding the crazies who were out and about in the world…until my daughter called. She had a very distraught four-year-old. They suffered a…
I am part of a team that writes daily devotions for Cathedral of Hope (Dallas) United Church of Christ. I don’t usually share that writing here because it can be read on the church’s website or on Facebook. I am, however, making an exception today because this particular devotion is not really theological or religious , though it does talk of God. ________________________ Scripture “Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them…
This is it. The final poem of my 2024 100 Day Project. I think this is actually day 102, but the fact that I have written 100 poems in 102 days is nothing short of a miracle considering all that has gone on in my world during this time. I know that the majority of them are indeed “dandelions.” With some revision, however, there may be one or two that have potential. We all have to start somewhere. That is…