Freezing Outside
I took Lola to walk this morning and it was snowing. If you look closely you can see snow on her coat in the photo above. It flurried, off and on, all day. Pretty to look at but way too...
View ArticleWatching Their Pain
I had to do something an hour ago that I never anticipated having to do. I had to help my son dress for the funeral of one of his friends. I watched him put on black dress pants and a...
View ArticlePat Conroy and Me
Yesterday I heard some really sad news. Author Pat Conroy has pancreatic cancer.Last year one of my high school classmates passed away after battling pancreatic cancer. It's hard to detect in the...
View ArticleWords and More Words
February in Georgia can be a really cold month or there can be days where it's in the 60's. It's always so startling to see the bare winter trees and beneath them, daffodils shooting up through the...
View ArticleTwenty Questions with Suzy Darrah
Imagine being 6 years old and going to a birthday party where you can’t eat the cake, or the cookies. All the other kids can eat all the goodies. You can’t eat anything because you are allergic to...
View ArticleSkip the Angst
The hardest part about being a parent, for me anyway, is trying to remember how it felt to be my kids' ages, and then trying to think of comforting or inspirational things to say to them. I don't...
View ArticleGone With the Wind and Me
I am reading a terrific book called Secrets of a Charmed Life and I was thinking this morning as I read author Susan Meissner's blog, how many fascinating ways there are that my life is connected to...
View ArticleLife Without A Phone
I went downstairs a little while ago to let Lola out and right after I shut the front door I reached down and felt of my front pocket, where I always carry my iPhone. It wasn't there. It was...
View ArticleThe Allotment of Tears
There are a lot of things I should be doing - laundry, dishes, paying bills - and they will all get done eventually, today. I am thinking about Pat Conroy, however, and I'm a little weepy. Pat died...
View ArticleThompson Aviary Estate
Are you a small bird looking for a comfortable place to build a nest this spring? Do you enjoy the quiet beauty of the Atlanta suburbs? Househunting is SUCH a chore! As the old saying goes, though,...
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