All Hiatuses (Hiati?) Must Come to an End

June 6, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

So this is something of a pre-announcement… As my three followers (mom, hubby, and Fido) all know, I’ve been on a hiatus from this blog. But for good reason. To concentrate on some crucial writing goals, the most important being the creation of my new freelance writing site, Word Ninja. Think of this post as a […]

Fall Walk

October 20, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

While the title Fall Walk aptly summarizes a post about taking a walk on a lovely fall day, it also brings to my mind our life journey, beginning with our first steps. Walk, fall down, get up again. Try not to fall, at least not as hard as the last time. For me, a perfect […]

The difference between traveling and the journey

July 6, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

The beauty of travel exists not so much in the landscape as in the people who make their lives in that place. When we engage with those people, if only to ask one genuine question or listen to a synopsis of their story, we carry that place back with us, not just in photos or trinkets, […]

Life’s a Beach

June 15, 2011.Reading time 2 minutes.

Only 45 minutes from our Chicago-suburban home in Illinois is a nice stretch of Lake Michigan beach over the border in Indiana. We time the day to begin with lunch at Depot Dog, which we affectionately refer to as the “weenie wagon.” Meet some of our faves: (l-r) the Razz-Do, chili dog, and Chicago-style Polish. […]

Snow Day Pictures

February 2, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

1. 23.0 inches Jan 26-27, 1967 2. 21.6 inches Jan 1-3, 1999 3. 20.2 inches Feb. 1-2, 2011 So, I have now experienced the top 3 biggest snow falls in Chicago history (although I was too young to remember the first one…) Today, Wednesday, February 02, 2011, the College is closed for business and classes. […]

View of a Kentucky Field

January 4, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

January 1, 2011, and our last day in Millersburg, Kentucky, for the holiday weekend… From where I sit I can see–just outside the sliding glass doors–the line of scrub trees separating the expanse of the old house’s back yard from the cow pasture that swells gently up to the south and is crowned with tombstones, […]

Protected: A Chasing After the Wind

November 16, 2010.Reading time 19 minutes.

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

10 Lessons You Didn’t Know You Learned from Barbie

October 19, 2010.Reading time 11 minutes.

Barbie has taught generations of girls a lot over the years. And, for me, those lessons hold far more value than my 1970s Mod Hair Ken with the “combable hair and all the makings for a new look.” Barbie never dies, she just gets naked Playing with Barbie dolls helps children answer many of life’s […]

Naomi and Her Daughters–and me and mine

October 13, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

At times it reads like poetry… “She is the woman at the window, whom artists of every nation have beheld, but always from the outside of her house. And her eyes are always faraway…She is the mother of Sisera, whose son once commanded the armies of Canaan.” At times it reads like the directions in […]