Some mornings,early and quiet,with the face of the watersmooth and reflective,I hear the roar.Over the water,past the barrier island,the Gulf rumbles.The in-land breeze rests, yet - som… Read More

Waiting for the sun to rise this morning. Standing on the seawall in nightgown, slippers and a coat, drinking coffee and waiting. The seagulls are screaming at each other well before the sun… Read More

A few Saturdays ago as I headed into Pensacola for errands, I called my sister Cathi to chat. I told her in relation to the way I felt that day that "I was so bored I could turn to dirt". Wh… Read More

I shot this photo of the 17th Avenue trestle some years back when someone had painted the then popular saying "YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL" on it. Everyone in the Pensacola area knows about this place… Read More

The Art Institute of Chicago - what a nice visit we had at this museum last week. Following are a few examples of what I really enjoyed within the many exhibits at the institute - whatever I… Read More

I liked Chicago. I don't think I was prepared to like it, or even thought very much about if I would like it as I planned our trip, but it was nice. My husband and I took an Amtrak train fro… Read More

The day after the Presidential election, Nov. 7, 2012. A great time to write another post.Some years back, actually around 1998/1999 there was this thing called Y2K. Y2K was a byword for a b… Read More

I don't know really how to say what it is I am going to try to say here in this entry. It's regarding an extremely touchy subject but somehow I feel compelled to write this. It is in regard… Read More

This morning while watching CBS Sunday Morning, an image of Hitler was shown for just a few seconds as a part of the current report. The report was about the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freed… Read More

This photo is of my father, many years ago. I went looking for it this morning after reading an email he sent out to the entire family last night - and the family is large. I was very moved… Read More

Yesterday I came home from work and needed some mothering, and comfort food. Being that I am the only mother around and I was a grouchy tired one, this is what I did and I am amazed at how g… Read More

Thinking today about parenthood. I'm making dinner for my first born and much loved son, Chris. His birthday is actually 9/8 but he lives in Atlanta and is here for Labor Day weekend so toda… Read More

Many years ago when I was just getting involved in a church as a young mother and wife, with a particular spiritual gift I was just learning, I was hurt deeply by some folks in the process o… Read More

Katherine Jackson is missing, or I think she is. I saw that just a little while ago clicking through web sites. It appears to be true because Paris Jackson tweeted that it had been a week si… Read More

Heron and wildflowersStorm rolling in over Portofino Towers, Pensacola BeachLightening strike early morning stormLow tide, seagulls, Portofino and Hurricane Ivan victimBlue Angels over Pensa… Read More

A large, gnarled, growing presence as I sat ,in the southern swamps.Gray dripping samenessofmy soul sinking in muck.Why cry to me, you hurricane...or tropical storm… Read More

The mountain…did…not…movealthough I wanted it to.The force of my face and heart,couldn’t do the deed.To vanquish the soil,as a clog,in life’s drain… Read More

It's Father's Day and I have not made a post this week. Thought I'd give it a shot. I am really not a fan of holiday sermons - Father's Day, Mother's Day, even Christmas as it seems as if yo… Read More

It's a rainy day in Gulf Breeze, Fl. I am sitting at the counter in the kitchen, next to the old guy. Looking through some of my previous posts in this blog I read Distracting Internet again… Read More

I hardly know how to get started with this blog. Do I start with the portal, the frog, or the guy who ate someone's face in Miami? (I didn't know how to get the face-eater in the title). I h… Read More

It's Sunday morning and I don't feel like going to church. The why of that is complicated but I think it generally boils down to this part of me that wants to know more than I seem to right… Read More

Port de Paix, HaitiOn March 27, 2012 I flew into Port au Prince, Haiti to visit Hope Vision Children's Home on the north coast of Haiti in Port de Paix. Here are a few photographs from the t… Read More

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Wasting time the other day on-line, clicking from one Favorite to another, I clicked on a certain Christian on-line magazine. To be honest I only clicked on it because I was feeling guilty a… Read More

I don't think I will ever stop liking books, you know, the real thing. Books that have fronts and backs and you can touch and even smell. I understand time moves on and progress and all - Ki… Read More