Category: Blogging Journey

  • What a Blogger Wants for Her Birthday

    Ok, so truth be told- what THIS blogger wants more than anything else for her birthday- TODAY- (ok, I’m 41) is done. It’s all God has given me in the nine last years since opening my heart and life to HIM- My life is new. The old has passed away. And, I feel younger than…

  • laptop

    laptop   Open me up turn me on               photo credit: Lorenzoclick via photopin cc i’ll take dictation, sing you a song   capture thoughts, follow your friends   clear your windows or mac- ro lens   but my web itself seems just a race- careful, I’ll invade your space…

  • screenshot.

    Prioritize, they say.             Make a list- call it C, B, A. Scratch this, Check that. Say “no” more, or yes less? I’m down to 6 percent battery on my Mac but my body feels a whole lot less than than that. It’s not hard getting it all done. It’s impossible.…

  • Inspired to Help- Oklahoma Tornado Disaster

    I remember being terrified as I hid under my oak school desk with my hands wrapped around my head. Tornado warning sirens and even preparedness drills in my midwestern school as a kindergarten girl left a deep imprint in my soul. And those were just drills… warnings. This storm was Oh. So. Real. Unthinkable. Unimaginable.…

  • Following the Cloud: A Recap from Beech Retreat, 2012

    Scroll below to read my review in prose of Beech Retreat! In 2004, when I wandered the year in Europe with a broken plan, empty wallet, husband in the vines and a baby at my breast, my ever encouraging brother-in-law said, “You should start a blog.” “What’s that?” I responded. This was 2004, friends. No…

  • What is a Blog?

    I first heard the term “blog” when we were out of the US in 2004 for nearly a year chasing the grape growing season. It was suggested to me by Nelson, my big brother (in-law): “you should have a blog.” What was that? I barely had internet access once a week and was still carrying…