Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Tides of Life

One of the things I love about the beach is the constant, dependable, soothing rhythm of the waves. Even though a storm can make the waves high and crashing and overwhelming - the underlying tides are constant and eventually everything will calm back down. Life is like that. When change feels like relentless breakers crashing…

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Spammed . . .

So, I've taken a break from writing and came back tonight to find over 200 comments waiting for my approval. How many were legit? NONE - all spam. Wow. It's a little tricky because some of them almost sound real, until you look closely at what they've said and which post they said it about.…

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The Importance of “Me” During Christmas

Christmas is naturally the time (for most of us) to turn our thoughts to others. We start pondering on the perfect gifts to give, we bake much loved goodies and fix family favorite meals. In our family we take a poll to find out what movies are the favorites for the year that we have…

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Simple Pleasures

I've been thinking about putting year round white lights on our deck for years. I've looked at Pinterest pages, decorating magazines, and read descriptions in romantic novels. But thinking about it was as far as it got. It seemed like too much. Then last Friday my daughter was having an outside birthday party. We had agreed…

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