I recently reposted a blog about the power of a smile.  This one is about another chance encounter with a stranger that touched my heart.    Many of you know that I wrote recently that my friend Peter is dying. What I didn’t tell you was what happened right after I found out about this…

I am very excited to announce that I will be hosting a trip to Italy in conjunction with Story Circle Network in November 2019. You don’t have to be a writer to come and the price is unbelievably reasonable.  Check out the details on my website: 2019 Trip to Italy  

I wrote this piece back in 2012.  Somehow it feels pertinent this week after the testimony of Dr. Ford. For those of you who read my blog post last week entitled, “Visiting a Past Trauma While Watching Dr. Ford Today,” please note that I am writing below about the summer in which those three days…

He was standing on the corner when she saw him.  A tall man, he had an air of authority about him that suggested that he was comfortable in life, perhaps living out in the suburbs in a gated community where all the houses matched with variation coming only with the floor plans.  He was wearing…

I realized today that I bake when I’m feeling a little droopy. Yes, I am a simple creature. Comfort food does indeed bring me comfort. So, today, I made for the very first time a cookie that many refined sugar eaters take for granted – the snickerdoodle. I didn’t know that this cookie had cinnamon…

Introducing Josephine or Jo, age 3 weeks, one of two new daughters of our friends, Mackenzie and Vic May. Luna, Nico and their new friend Vivian playing after church today at St.Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood. Luna and Vivian Baby Rosalind with her Auntie. (Jo’s Twin) Luna and Jo Nico, Luna and Vivian Nico and Grandpa…

I wrote this back in 2012.  It seems appropriate today listening to Dr. Ford’s account of her attack in high school. (I was a freshman in college.) I know why women don’t report these crimes. They are certain they will be re-victimized by the system. That is why I never even thought of going to…

This evening, while Ray and I were having dinner at Dallas Love Field after learning we had a two-hour flight delay, I felt a tap on my shoulder.  I looked up to see Cathie Carter Walsh Crouch, an old friend of mine from our hometown of Bonham, Texas. We exchanged a quick hug, ascertained that…

No more rain. This is a good thing.  Our town is drying out slowly with the help of blue skies and a nice breeze from the southwest.  The high today was 88 degrees, but with the breeze, it was just fine. Ray and I are both so tired after working all day at the building…