My Journal

This Great Hodge-Podge of a Language

I subscribe to many (too many) services on the internet, but one of them for which I am currently most grateful is Merriam-Webster’s Word...

Old Clothes

This Sunday morning as I drink my coffee and watch the birds from my window, I am wrapped in my white terry cloth robe. This robe is...

The Gift of Water

This morning I'm thinking about water. I live in Washington State where we tend to bemoan our overabundance of water, especially in the...

Oh, Those Unfinished Projects

This morning to continue my gratitude focus on the mundane, I’m finally finding some gratitude for my pile of unfinished projects. Being...

Dust: A Gift from the Breathing Universe

To continue with my new ritual of expressing gratitude every morning for something I would normally ignore or take for granted (one way...

Weeds,Wonderful Weeds

Yesterday I realized how grateful I am for the weeds in my garden. They insist on calling me outside. They focus my attention on the...