After I wrote this morning’s post here’s a picture of the Duke Power guy trying to restore power to the neighborhood right outside my window. Crepe Myrtle lost a few limbs, but for now power is back on. Fun to watch how he did it, but better him than I. Power’s back on and all’s…
Month: January 2018
Nature’s Beauty Tops Inconvenience Every Time
I wish all my readers could look out the window of my writer’s nook at this moment. The Crepe Myrtle outside my window is covered in heavy white snow and its white everywhere as the first snow of the season covers everything. (The picture above is not from my window, nor does it give it…
How Do I Get Comfortable In My Own Skin?
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. — Mark Twain. I don’t know when it began but the phrase “being comfortable in one’s own skin” has been with us for a while. And boy are their lots of books, podcasts, youtubes, and seminars that try to convince you they have the answer. It…
There Is No Going Back
How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.. that have taken hold. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King. …
The Servants Who Had Drawn The Water Knew
The servants who had drawn the water knew. — John 2:9 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read the story of Jesus at his mother’s insistence turning water into wine at a wedding. However, I never focused on the fact that no-one knew what he had done, only the servants knew. I don’t know about…