Weekend songs-summer rhythm

Summer arrives fast and hot, broken with thunderstorms. School activities tumble over themselves in eagerness to be done — concerts, Continue reading →

Reading & Writing: Spaces

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our Continue reading →

Sunday songs-Collecting Kisses

Look at a mom’s face when she bends to kiss her child. Watch two teens intertwined, kissing goodbye in the school Continue reading →

Mama dreams

As a little girl, my Daddy pushed, encouraged and ultimately led me to internalize a passion for excellence. Growing older, Continue reading →

Reading & Writing: Musical Fiction

As the about page on this blog indicates, and/or if you read it once in a while — music’s primal Continue reading →

Talismans and Tokens

Once an age ago, my life was in chaos. Naturally, I went to Asheville, NC — quite possibly the most Continue reading →

Reading & Writing: The Chocolate War

Do I dare disturb the universe?* When Jerry lies broken at the end of The Chocolate War, I sobbed. I Continue reading →

Sunday Song

Happy Easter! Happy belated Passover! Happy Spring! I like it when the holiday(s) fall late. Kids aren’t wearing parkas over Continue reading →