The Panhandler’s Breath
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the “5” without looking. Instead of suit and tie, though, baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame. His stealth entry stiffened...
It’s a Festivus for the rest of us…!
Updated 2014: So Seth Godin has chimed in with his thoughts on Festivus…and though in reality I wholeheartedly agree with his positive spin, I still love this episode of Seinfeld because, well…it’s maddeningly ludicrous. Read on to see what I mean…...
12 Pearls of Christmas
Have you been following host Margaret McSweeney's 12 Pearls of Christmas devotionals? Margaret and her team invited some of today's most beloved writers (Tricia Goyer (I love her!), Babbie Mason, Suzanne Woods Fisher…and me on Christmas...
The prettiest ugly sweater of them all and a testimony to love
It was a Christmas gift to my husband the first year we were married, discovered under a pile of marked down sweaters at the Pawleys Island Men's Shop, circa 1987. I thought it was a wonderful gift. I knew he needed a larger size, but I liked it so much...
I’m no fashionista but OH how I love beautiful bargains!
Going back to work necessarily meant I needed to add a few things to my wardrobe; as a writer and mom, my clothes were mostly casual at best. But I'm a bargain shopper and I can't bring myself to pay full retail for ANYTHING; so when I find a good...
Wisdom & restraint (or a side dish of crazy?)
Sometimes the most right thing to do is to surrender your right to be right and your right to have rights. R i g h t ?...
The Lesson ~ a true Christmas story
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~ Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur Most memories are merely past recollection, but a rare few are heart branders… soul-shapers… the living of which interminably alters the future. I was just 12 years old...
Love a blogger. Buy their eBook.
"Feed me, Seymour!" I'm channeling Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors except ~ ~ I'm screamin' "Read me, Y'all!" ~ this post has nothing to do with gigantic blood-sucking, vampire plants, ~ and I've never actually seen the...
Gold apples & silver baskets…
When I watched and heard the trailer for (in)RL yesterday morning, I swear those girls spoke a word over me– pretend you're outgoing… love people well… get through the mess… it's an expression of trust… a good friend loves...