Take 5: Pause To Start and To Finish

by Ingrid Lochamire | Aug 3, 2019 | Faith, Slice of Life, Wisdom

There’s plenty to read on the Internet about the benefits of “brain dumps.” We’re urged to take time before beginning a new task or at the start of a new day to write down (or dump) all the things crowding our brains. Tasks, ideas, concerns,...

Choose Your Music Wisely; It May Be With You Forever

by Ingrid Lochamire | Jul 19, 2019 | Friendship, Feast and Fiction, Slice of Life, Story

I stood mesmerized. We had been walking through an exhibit of musicians who have performed at Red Rocks (above), an incredible, God-made music venue near Denver, Colorado, when a film about the life and music of Dan Fogelberg drew my attention. I couldn’t step...

Take It Or Leave It

by Ingrid Lochamire | Jul 5, 2019 | Faith, Friendship, Feast and Fiction, Good Books, Slice of Life

One of the benefits of living six decades on this earth is that gaining the approval of others matters less and less. As someone who spent too many years worrying about what people think, I’m finding great freedom in a new attitude — “take it or...

A Summer of Culture: Friendship, Feasts, Fiction and Film

by Ingrid Lochamire | May 24, 2019 | Friendship, Feast and Fiction, Good Books, Slice of Life

It’s Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer. As promised, I’m going to focus on some “F” topics that are “A+” in my life. A couple of weeks ago, I teased you with promises of posts on friendship, feasts and fiction. I want to add another “F” to the...

On Embracing A New Practice and A Fresh Focus

by Ingrid Lochamire | May 10, 2019 | Friendship, Feast and Fiction, Slice of Life

There are some intentions, a few practices in my life, that act as a tether, keeping me grounded and on track — spiritually, emotionally and mentally. Reading and studying Scripture and journaling have been like oxygen to me, especially in recent years. They...

When What We Lack Is The Gumption To Reach For What We Need

by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 13, 2019 | Faith, Good Books, Slice of Life

I sat at a corner table in my local coffee shop on a beautiful spring morning recently, waiting for my friend to arrive. That’s when the parade began. Eight gray-haired ladies, dressed in varying shades of pastel polyester, scooted past my table, one at a time,...