A Walk By The Quarry

Donna, I wish I knew more about photography, but this one captured for me a kind of beauty. I love your line here: Some sort of validation that the natural order of things is beautiful. Beauty in old rocks and craggy trees. A reflection, too, that captures stillness. I am going through a strange process …

Which One Is It?

Ah, Donna. I get it. Some days figuring out what we are feeling is so difficult. Especially after years of putting a lid on emotions. “I’m fine!” I’ve said a million times, when I’m not fine at all. Perhaps my next project should be “Finding My Voice.” I’ve been working on that for years, actually. …

Changing

Port to Starboard   Contentment layers over me in waves. A heart that doesn’t ache, a realization that somehow I will reach up and out of the melancholy, no longer angry. I forgive, forget, fashion a new life from what they have given. There is much. Sunlight breaks through the new red bud tree, a …

A Day at a Time

Be in the moment, be mindful, breathe deeply. These are all words I say to myself to help me focus on each day. Sometimes it’s difficult. Oh, let’s be honest. Most days it’s difficult. But last week, Donna and I spent a lovely, relaxing day exploring parts of rural Virginia. And I got to visit …