by Rebekah Cook A few months ago I had a lesson. It was a life lesson. It was a pottery lesson. The potter I was learning from teaches sculpting. He taught me how to make a clay vase and then…
One of the joys of being retired and living alone is that you can schedule your life the way you prefer it. There is little pressure to keep working hard to keep the house immaculate or have a weedless garden…
We are told that the world is unraveling. We are told that the economy is unstable, diseases are without cure, depression and anxiety more prevalent than ever before. We are told that there is no guarantee of safety, no guarantee…
Day one, 2013. As I stepped onto the sodden mulch while checking out the seed in my bird station, I happened to glance at the “full to the brim” bird bath. The feisty north wind had sucked itself back into…
by Rae Lloyd I love to stroll through graveyards and read epitaphs, especially the really old ones. When you think about it, what is said on that tombstone is probably all you’ll ever know about that person. It seems through…