There is a beautiful area I go to spend time pondering the vastness of my heavenly Father. Somehow He just seems more real to me when I am not in some walled up room or building but rather outdoors. Yet even in wide open spaces there are still too many people to distract my [...]

In our history there are weights and measures. It’s in everything we are and in everything we do. Even a brief look at this topic online opens up a volume of information beyond the scope of anything I am educated to share aside from a topical framework.
What do we think of when looking at [...]

The day has slipped away so fast. So has the week actually. With schedules being a bit hectic it is important to purposely stop and look around to see where we are living instead of driving through life a hundred miles and hour.
Tonight we got to stop and look at the beauty of a crescent [...]

I like to live in the regions where I can be literally disconnected from my physical surroundings. As I float around in my happy place, rarely do I open my eyes unless I happen to be driving. A mere conversation or phone call can bring me tumbling from my thoughts on high, down into [...]

A song hit my heart tonight so I just had to hum a few verses and try to remember the lyrics. The only clear sentence that came to mind is “I get by with a little help from my friends.” I sit here grinning about the lovely people who lift my heart and my [...]

“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.”  C.S. Lewis
I loved this quote because as a writer I have found a medicine in the art of pouring out what may be smoldering inside. We can never [...]

I can smell her perfume upon my clothes long after I left her company. I don’t see her often but I am so touched she knows my name and seeks me out to share encouraging words and hugs. I don’t feel that I deserve her attention but like so many things my heavenly Father [...]

There is an artist named Bill Withers who recorded for about 15 years prolifically and had many hits all of us probably know if only by the tune. “Lovely Day, Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Use Me Up” just to name a few more commonly recognized songs. I have no idea of this [...]

The clouds have finally come to drizzle their moisture. They bring refreshing nourishment to our rivers and lakes. I look out my kitchen window and the distant street lights are distorted in the misting haze. When I focus my eyes upon the window itself I can see the drops of water gather in multitudes [...]

When Dorothy started down her path on the yellow brick road she was being encouraged by a lot of singing “munchkins”. I can’t say my path is yellow but it’s certainly “lit up” pretty good. I read a lot so it helps keep me on the right path but also I am very encouraged [...]