Reflections Old Folks Rock 1 Aug 2025 A random act of kindness. A smile. A hug. A meal. Flowers. Even more valuable—our time. Elders have much to say before they pass. They’ve lived through hell. And survived.…
Global Issues… Come to the Table 15 Apr 202515 Apr 2025 “Time to eat!”-Mom Some nights I just want to pull my hair out when it’s time to think about what to make for dinner. You too? Last night wasn’t one…
Global Issues… Celebrate Women’s History Month Together #celebratewomenshistory 27 Mar 202526 Mar 2025 Quick, name three women from history who made a significant impact your life today. Now, click comment below, and share who they are and how their efforts changed your life.…
Holiday Tips & Tricks Seven Simple Sanity Tips for Turkeys Like Us 14 Nov 2024 Thanksgiving, as wonderful as it is, often brings families together, which may, in turn, heighten relationship problems. If a person’s history with the holidays is tragic, the association may elicit…
My Books… The story unfolds 16 Oct 2024 Are you there? https://videopress.com/v/oSl19XgF?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The Bent Tree Path: A Secret Trail of Tears
Reflections Are you akin to kindness? 5 Oct 2023 @DenesiaChristine Captured this fallen beauty, 2023 It’s not news; as far as history traces our interactions, we humans have had troubles with one another. We get ourselves tied in knots…
Relationships Healthy Relationships: Real or Fiction? 24 May 2023 What do you think? Are healthy relationships a myth, an ideal, or achievable? What ARE healthy relationships, anyway? No decent novel anywhere--ever--features a protagonist with ideal relationships. Think of it.…
My Books My Road to Recovery: A 12-Week Guided Journal for Inner Healing 12 Apr 202325 Jul 2024 The first of many upcoming publications by yours truly is now up and published on Amazon! Celebrate with me by comments on the post. Tell me if you like to…
Motivations… Serenity Prayer 2.0 16 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 A little update to the old standby, this prayer spilled from my heart one day. I pulled over to jot it down. Here it is, in case you might need…
Freedom vs Fear… Drop Your Mask? 1 Nov 20201 Nov 2020 The US is buzzing with political opinion, judgments, and even mud-slinging about masks. Wear it. Drop it. It's gotten so bad here that folks can almost tell if you're republican…
Motivations… Elusive Pleasures Part 5 19 Nov 2018 This is the last of a five-part series on Elusive Pleasures, in which we’re exploring losses, their associated neural connections and ways to adapt to changes and renew pleasure. In…
Motivations… Elusive Pleasures: Get the Feeling Back! 24 Jun 20171 Sep 2018 How can we get our brains to release that much-needed pleasure response again? We’ve looked at how easy it is to lose a good feeling. A simple change in sensation…
Attempts at Humor… Flippin’ Fun Over Fifty! 2 Aug 20164 Aug 2016 We usually visit family for vacation, either at Lake Keowee, South Carolina or to the Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. This year, though, procrastination combined forces with many…
Blog Events… April is National OT Month and Poetry Month 15 Apr 201522 Mar 2016 Note: some posts deserve a second life. Here's a repost from last April; what do you think, worthy? April: Not a month for fools! Pull a prank on the first,…
Freedom vs Fear… No Need for Eyes to See This 17 Jan 201520 Mar 2016 This morning my granddaughter put on How to Train Your Dragon. Again. I sat nearby, reading and thinking, writing a bit, occasionally paying slight attention to the movie. "In centuries of…
Poetry… Passing 13 Dec 201420 Mar 2016 Untimely for we who stay, Torn in sore lament-- Time and distance Ne'er to be breached again; Not from our doing. Resigned unto eternity Or waiting to be joined againContinue…
DP challenge… Dark Chocolate to my Soul 20 Sep 201420 Mar 2016 First smile from my baby~ Fingertips at my back~ Purple hued sunsets o'er mountain or sea. A word fitly spoken~ Laughing toddlers at play~ Secret gifts sent before there's…
Reflections And on and on 2 Aug 20142 Aug 2014 I wait for no one I am a-wastin' You cannot stop me I will tell I am an illusion I keep on slippin' into the future Procrastination is my thief…
Attempts at Humor… ROFLMAO 10 Jul 2014 I can't remember the last time I actually rolled on the floor, laughing my ass off. Maybe that would explain the slight but ever so definite widening of this writer's…
Attempts at Humor… Wife of Stone 8 Jul 2014 A story of contrast, our Wordpress photo challenge for this week. As we toured our cruise ship last January, it seemed one gentleman found his companion for the trip and…
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