Seeking Out the Extraordinary

There is a quote from poet Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day that gets shared a lot on social media: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? But it is the two lines that precede these two oft quoted ones that for me gives these lines...

The Hues of Personality

One of the things I love about having to drive to and from the various appointments and activities with my girls is the view outside my car window. In some of the areas we pass through, we crest slow-rising hills and the scenery stretches out in various hues of greens...

They Make Room for Me

When we first moved to North Carolina we rented a single family home that included two garages, a sun porch room, a kitchen, a dining room and a living space that allowed for a reading nook for my then young readers as well as a living room space set up closer to the...