Category Archive: Take My Advice, I wasn’t using it anyway…

Man of War, Siphonophore

Man of War, Siphonophore

Keep It Simple

To Make 2016 Your Year, Keep It Simple

Family Traditions

Family Traditions

#ThrowBackThursday

#ThrowBackThursday

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;

What does the lighthouse do? I ask myself. It never moves. It cannot hike up its rocky skirt and dash into the ocean…

What does the lighthouse do? I ask myself. It never moves. It cannot hike up its rocky skirt and dash into the ocean…

Agape is not a weak, passive love. It is love in action… Agape is a willingness to go to any length to restore…

Agape is not a weak, passive love. It is love in action… Agape is a willingness to go to any length to restore…

Plant kindness

Plant kindness

I originally wrote this the day before my Daddy passed.  He’s heavy on my mind again today, but I’m remembering the…

I originally wrote this the day before my Daddy passed.  He’s heavy on my mind again today, but I’m remembering the…

#30daysofgratitude

#30daysofgratitude

#ThrowBackThursday

#ThrowBackThursday

One of the most important things that I have learned in my almost 53 years is that life is all about choices. On…

One of the most important things that I have learned in my almost 53 years is that life is all about choices. On…

People Come and People Go…

People Come and People Go…

Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tales

“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”

“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”

Advice from a Mountain

Advice from a Mountain

Bob’s Barbershop, Red Lodge, Montana

Bob’s Barbershop, Red Lodge, Montana

Beartooth Pass

Beartooth Pass

Things I Learned #Offline

Things I Learned #Offline

Finger Puppets

On this day in 2012 #TBT

Dust

Dust

It is what it is

It is what it is

When a Softness Comes

When a Softness Comes

Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, ‘It’s a pump; use it – that’s the sole advice I’ve got…

Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, ‘It’s a pump; use it – that’s the sole advice I’ve got…

not so random thoughts on social media

not so random thoughts on social media

Walk a mile in my mocassins

Walk a mile in my mocassins

I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.

I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.

“I’m simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I’m saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by…

“I’m simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I’m saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by…

What’s the best time to plant a tree?

What’s the best time to plant a tree?

Photographers Press Pause

Photographers Press Pause

For all you “Ugly Ducklings” out there…one of my favorite tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

For all you “Ugly Ducklings” out there…one of my favorite tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

About Me

About Me

Hold On to the Ones you Love

Hold On to the Ones you Love

Real

Real

On Love

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ~Rumi

Here comes the Sun

Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it’s been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say, It’s all right Sun,… Continue reading

It Only Takes a Spark

As so often happens for me on social media, be it Facebook or Google+, a posted photo of a magnificent Ginger Fro inspired me this morning…and got me thinking…. My memory traveled back… Continue reading

Explore, Dream, Be

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot

Salt Life

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Peace

“The Planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.” ~D. Orr