Mom, I never would have imagined 27 years ago when we said goodbye, the woman I would be today would miss you as much as ever or ... ...That I'd ever laugh o...

Yeah, I admit, I’m feeling rather Joan-of-Arcish. Just like in elementary school when that mean girl pinched me but I was always the one punished because it ...

Ever bump into someone...

Margaret Mitchell House Museum...

I have several pieces of jewelry I cherished, in no specific order, prior to February 27, 2016: - My engagement and wedding band set; - The Cartouche my pare...

Cousins and I rolled down the hill beneath a walnut tree on my paternal grandparents’ Virginia farm. When I taught in Indiana, the autumns brought spectacula...

After finishing C. S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength, four days late for our small group meeting last Friday, I picked up a perennial favorite, Gone With The W...

Sometimes I wonder what our blogs, Christmas letters, and facebook posts would look like if we didn’t spin them so our lives, families, and everything around...

How important is football to me? After my faith and family, it is number one, especially Denver Broncos football. “Watch the Broncos win the Super Bowl” join...

A Colorado Springs statue centers an intersection by our town’s oldest high school, situated conveniently to cause fender-benders and block visibility. The s...

When they see me, most people see an older white woman and assume they know I'm a racist. However, I knew nothing of racism until I graduated – from kinderga...

A year ago tomorrow is the anniversary of the worst mass murder in Colorado in a century. On New Year;s Day 2012, two, twenty-four-year-old men celebrated in...

It’s that time of year that all of us with latent addictive personalities anticipate – McDonald’s Monopoly game. Last year’s game was an initiation for Dude....

Many assume that reaching a new speed limit on the old road of life traumatizes people, but for me, the “eights” have been more transitional. Reflection surr...