Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

PARABLE OF THE ORCHID Sitting across from my favorite perch on the porch, is a plant with thick leathery, slightly scarred, gently curved...

NOT MY GIFT I wrote these words in a blog entitled “Wishes” in December 2019. “Painting is not my gift, so the wish was never going to...

MY JOB QUESTION: How would you describe your work? Do you like it, etc. Throughout my career, I was asked frequently, “Do you like your...

HOARDERS One of my favorite authors, Julie Cameron says “God is shorthand for good, orderly direction.” Do you know a hoarder? I have...

WHAT IS TIME? As you might imagine, or maybe you wouldn’t if you had not walked in these shoes, having a diagnosis of cancer in any form,...

YOU CAN HAVE IT In April, my family (biological and chosen) attended the wedding of two beloved chosen family members. It was the best...

FATHERLY ADVICE Upon entering the restaurant, she immediately folded her small brown seven-year-old fingers around the piece of red and...

LOVE PRACTICE The notion of love is never theoretical – love is a practice, sticks in my head and plays in a non-random loop multiple...

SHATTERED OR BROKEN I was in a hurry as I placed the champagne flute in the cabinet. It promptly fell to the counter shattered and...