“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” Greeting card by Kathy Davis Designs (http://kathydavis.com) There’s so much pain in the world I saw the above quote many years ago on a greeting card designed by Kathy Davis and have saved it all this time. Its […]
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The Profound Wisdom of Changing Seasons
The Autumnal Equinox has just passed, and there’s no doubt change is in the air. It’s cold when I step outside in the mornings now—a briskness that is uniquely Fall. There are spots of brilliant red in the maple trees, and chrysanthemums, pumpkins, and shocks of corn decorate yards and farmer’s markets. In our yard, […]
New Year…but not so Happy
Nothing is certain and nothing can be taken for granted. My planned “Happy New Year” wish to my readers seems hollow in the face of a phone call I just received telling me that a fine young man who was in my daughter’s high school class and whose parents are friends of mine was killed […]