I am writing this from the airport in a city where I used to live. It’s been decades since this town was considered “home” for me, and I have been back a few times since then. My first time returning here it was shocking to see how much it had grown and how the skyline…
Halfway through September, Jackson had its first snowfall. The last two weeks of November, I was in Malawi, Africa getting sunburnt and wearing summer clothes. I returned home and with the help of some serious jetlag, had some extra few hours every morning to decorate and Christmas-tize my room, as my space heater rumbled the…
Okay, you should still take pictures. While visiting my brother in one of my very first National Parks, he took charge of my camera and made sure I took the moments in first hand. I didn’t watch anything through a lens. He wanted me to be truly immersed in the experience and never lose…
There’s a poem called “Pennies from Heaven” that I learned about after my dad passed away. My mom shared it with me and it talks about how, when you find a penny on the ground, it comes from someone in heaven who is trying to put a happy moment in your day. I’ve been…
At the time I am writing this, I moved yesterday. I bought a fixer-upper and had the renovations done before moving in. I’ve always loved the idea of a fixer-upper and I really enjoyed this process. I had a chance to make my house my own. If my count is correct, this is my…
If you’re anything like me, when you find the perfect book, you can devour it in mere hours. When I find a new addition to my list of favorite authors, I completely immerse myself in their other previous writings and begin to take note whenever they release something new. Melanie Shankle is one of those…
I had a brief meeting with a friend recently to drop something off and she asked if I could sit and chat for a bit. We communicate quite a bit electronically so I knew most of what was going on with her so this wasn’t one of those “tell me how you’re doing” moments. It…