8230; on just waiting on a room. Totally not in the same realm as the civil rights movement or anything. This was an especially odd. I know, right? I sound so botanical! 8230; on the bigger stuff.

Payback for you not checking in. We got into some serious crap up here. We are ok and I will call as soon as I get signal. We will be home shortly. This is payback for you not checking in.

Wherever you go, there you are. I used to be driven. That license to drive may have been the last step in my journey to complete independence. Or it could have been a lake. It took me almost four days.

See ye no strangers; rather see all men as friends, for love and unity come hard when ye fix your gaze on otherness. Hummingbirds and oranges for the holidays. A friend sent a gift of many delicious lemons from one of her trees last week. The oleander trees have flower buds, while a tall sycamore flaunts dark yellow feathery flowers three stories above us. Meanwhile, across the region marches a se.

The world as I view it. Jim Casto, feeding his koi and catfish at Ohio Log House. When we first discovered Ohio Log House. I had no idea how hard I would fall in love. And not just with the house. Pulling up, the place was even more p.

8230;and if you grew up with Bob, my grandpa, that immediately brought giggles or looks of tell us more! I belong to an unbelievable group of creative people and we were asked to write something using this title. Instead of creepy, I would rather tell you about a story told over many generations and five decades. I felt good about my helpful self. But soon things started to crumbl.

Late in the season,. I wake up to the first battle,. The simple act of waking, a skirmish,. The turning point of the day. I talk with the woman I love,. Her voice waking me from full moon dreams,. Pushing aside the dark lies. My feet hit the floor. The words, always the same,.