We were sitting in the living room when Sara said, “Mem! There’s an owl on your wall.” And there, above the sofa, was the shadow of the small, plastic owl that sticks on my deck door to warn the birds not to fly into the glass. The sun was striking the door at just the […]
Dec 21, 2013
Getting Older Has Its Charms
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Rain is falling steadily on my little corner of Arkansas but that’s OK. So far, the temperature is above freezing although we do have a freezing rain/ice warning going. Believe it or not, thunder woke me last night, echoing around the heavens and bouncing off the clouds. That must have been the arriving cold air […]
Dec 19, 2013
Shake It Off–Move On
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The coach at the exercise class said something profound the other day. After each exercise, she would say, “Shake it out and move on.” So, her class of women would vibrate a little and move on to the next machine. With just a change of one word, that phrase of hers could become a life […]
Dec 12, 2013
Precious and Priceless Peace
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The older I get, the more I enjoy the blessing of peace; not just peace, mind you, but peace that comes of being free and contented and pursuing my own dreams. In school, we learned about “pax romana” or the peace that Rome imposed upon conquered nations. That is not peace at all but a seething […]
Dec 5, 2013
Great Review
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My thanks to Barbara Jean Coast, for the rousing review she did of Barbara’s and my book, Grave Shift. I reprint the review here: Barbara Coast’s Reviews > Grave Shift: A Mother-Daughter Sleuth Mystery Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars […]
Dec 3, 2013
The Story of the Ornaments
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This morning could be an early spring day, if I didn’t know better. The earth is dampish, there is a soft mist in the air, I see smoke rising from where my neighbor just started a fire in her fireplace, and the temperature is 34. But, judging from the forecast, Wednesday or Thursday we will […]
