“The grass is greener where you water it.” I heard this on a podcast recently and it cracks me up. How many areas of my life have I gotten bored, frustrated, or fed up, [...]
Have you ever had your spouse come home and tell you about a work celebration he forgot to mention? That’s exactly what happened two weeks ago, and as annoyed as I was at first, [...]
As I passed this quiet street corner early this morning, it brought back a flood of memories. Almost three decades ago, from the corner of Spring and Campus Avenue, my BFF and I took [...]
As you read in the footnotes of my STORY blog last month, I’ve had a new family member enter my life, right at the end of his. Denny Pattyn is my second cousin and dying of [...]
As coronavirus grabbed the attention of our nation and Ohio was asked to shelter at home, our circa 1825 & 1928 home was in the midst of a face-lift. It’s a charming brick and [...]
Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone*, and it wasn’t until I penned these words in a recent blog: “I will appreciate my third spaces: [...]
“Therefore, my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. [...]
A girlfriend visited a couple of weekends ago and it struck me how much we giggled. Actual, laugh out loud, possible snorting, it was one hundred percent fun. Ever since she left, I feel [...]
Just Do It - Nike’s mantra to get us into the gym, hitting the court or the pavement! Three simple words pushing us towards success. Yet, in a world of immediate gratification, we often [...]
