Head in the Clouds

When I wake up in the morning, the sun shines through the curtains in our living room, the window that reminds me of being at the beach with a window looking out on the ocean. And, yet, despite the brightness of the day’s beginning, by the time it’s time for me to...

They’re On Notice

One of the things I like to do as I’m driving around is take in the natural world around me as a way to keep myself grounded as I’m making my way through our city’s traffic. I tend to have a pretty keen ability to spot red-tailed hawks overhead in the blue sky along...

I Love What I See

As I settled into write this afternoon a young man asked me if I was working from this office location that is where I hang out waiting on one of my girls. He was curious and asked me several questions about my job and what I did. I told him I am the mama to the 17...

Love in Scrambled Thoughts

There are days I sit down at these keys and I wait. Wait for the idea to come into focus. Wait for the words to crystalize and begin to flow from my brain to my fingers and to the page. Wait for things to come together the way they usually do. I suppose I am spoiled...

Battery Sufficient

As I sat at my computer this afternoon, I noticed that the battery image at the top of my screen showed that the laptop was indeed plugged into the power adapter, but that it was not charging. Having had issues in the past with some of my Macbooks, I hovered over the...