Just Five Minutes of Laundry?

This is the day when we write for five minutes non-stop, no editing for Lisa-Jo Baker’s “Five Minute Fridays”. So, here it goes: I finally did it. On the Thursday before he was to come home from college for fall break, I rummaged through the pile of...

Five Minutes of “Ordinary”

Blogging today at Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday. Those were such “ordinary” days — those weeks, months and years when our four boys sat under their Mom’s tutelage. Trying at times, rewarding most of the time, we were just...

A Little Soft Shoe Among Friends

It could have been a day when I crawled into bed feeling discouraged and feeble. Silly little things — like forgetting to put on eye make-up before leaving the house, then coming home to find a personally-addressed offer for a hearing aide appointment in my mail...
What Are You Waiting For?

What Are You Waiting For?

Winter will soon be pressing in on us here in this Indiana valley and today seemed like the perfect day to make plans for spring. An afternoon stop at my local home improvement store turned up packages of colorful anemones, purple crocus and an array of red, orange...

Write! What, Why and How?

Blogging today at Five Minute Friday with Lisa-Jo Baker and hundreds of other writers. Join us! “Can cursing and blessing come from the same mouth……the same pen?” Sitting in the retreat center, with beautiful Lake Michigan just half a mile down...
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