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road trip…
coming back home… positive I will NEVER drive to CA again… that could be a NEW YEAR resolution, NO ROAD TRIPS over 5 hours in 2019! but this view is pretty… and I love the car scene reflected in the sky
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the right place at the wrong time
I was chatting at a social function last weekend and a friend I hadn’t seen in a while, asked me about life. As we chatted she mentioned my challenge to take photos every day in a congratulatory way. I fumbled around explaining nothing perfect was going on here. In fact, most of those days my…
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our advent tradition

Although they would probably prefer advent calendars with chocolate on the other side of a paper window, the advent we do religiously is Christmas books. I have a collection that we keep in storage with the rest of our Christmas treasures. I buy a new book each year, and the rest are wrapped from our…
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illuminating the fog

I have been in a fog of: I can’t, I don’t follow through, there isn’t enough time, who do I think I am?, I don’t know how, it’s too much, too hard, not important Are you exhausted just reading that mess? These thoughts that run through my mind repetitively create feelings of discouragement and weakness…and…
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Yo-Yo Ma and the Bach Cello Suites
Annie called months ago and asked if we had any interest in seeing Yo-Yo Ma perform the Bach Cello Suites in the National Cathedral. We didn’t hesitate and booked plane tickets immediately. We had all thought the day would never come. The cathedral is magnificent. The music was exquisite. Yo-yo Ma was inspiring. It was…
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sat straight up
She was going for a whip and landed wrong, slamming into the tumbling mat and had her knees hit her chest near her sternum. With a lump on her chest and tingling in her hands, we decided to take her to instacare. She sat up straight in her appointment because that was the most comfortable…



