My last post was 13 days ago.  As far as blogging purposes go, that’s not so good.

For the past 13 days, and believe me it feels like a whole month, I’ve been wallowing in a kind of purposeless haze.  I’ve been doing things like eating, sleeping, working, watching TV, playing games on my computer, wondering where my blogging interest went; just kind of treading water.  No, not even that; I’ve been lying on my back and floating along, wondering where the heck I’m drifting. Read More…

With no thoughts of my own bubbling and bursting me at the seams to be let out, I’ve been sitting quietly on the sidelines of blogging, reminding myself that “they also serve who only stand and wait.” Read More…

I’m one of those folks who wake up every morning in a comfortable mental fog.  That first cup of coffee is my best friend, and I take it outdoors and sit with it.  I wait for the sun to come up over the mountains in front of me.  I curl my hands around the cup to warm them, because it’s cold out here. Read More…

If you’ve come here looking for expert advice, you made a wrong turn somewhere.  Your GPS has failed you.  I’m not an expert on ANYTHING.  I’m a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none.

That’s just the way my life turned out.  Oh, wait.  I AM an expert on one thing:  my life.  And you say, so what’s that got to do with me? Read More…

Remember the old days, when we’d have to buy a roll of film to put into our camera, and when all our pictures were taken, we’d bring that roll somewhere to be developed?  Remember how we’d pick up our pictures, open the envelope and inside we’d find our pictures and the original film we used?  And that original film was called the negatives?  “Here you go, ma’am, your pictures are inside, along with the negatives.” Read More…

You’ve climbed mountains.  I’ve climbed mountains.  Mountain-climbing takes great effort, serious focus, and superhuman fortitude, but we all do it and we somehow reach the top. Read More…