At our writers’ group last night we were talking and lamenting a bit the trials of the last year. One…

I grew up in the culture of the superhero mom. Somehow from the positive benefits of the feminist movement came…

Green has been my favorite color since I was about 10. I don’t know what it was that produced the…

It’s time to dance again. After more than a year away, my dance group is planning to begin meeting again…

There is a phrase I’ve been using with my kids a lot lately: by God’s design. Because when we see…

I feel like I’ve lost a year of my life.  I’ve said that phrase more times than I can count…

I’ve been quiet in this space and on the internet, in general, most of this month. But we are about…

So much of this year has been filled with disappointment for a lot of people. I have some lovely friends…

I have this strange childhood memory of discussing the difference between a detention and retention pond with my mother. There…

Along the grassy median was a ditch full of black-eyed Susans. I almost hoped the construction traffic I sat it…