THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE THOR
I try to keep my toenails pretty because I dance barefoot. Sometimes, I’ll wear colored nail polish because — well, why not? And I usually choose the color, at least in part, by the name. A couple of weeks ago,…
INSPIRATION IS FOR AMATEURS
American artist Chuck Close said, “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain,…
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A “NOT”
Probably due to a conversation with my sister last week in which she mentioned that her favorite Halloween candy bar is Mounds, and I responded that Almond Joy is one of mine, I’ve had the maddening repetition of that two-line…
TOUCH OF COUNTRY
I’ve had a delightful week in the Carolina mountains. This is Travis’s neck of the woods, so it’s been an immersive experience through the roots and branches of my husband’s youth and young adulthood. We’ve been spending time with his…
RIDING THE CAT
I had a dream last week in which I was on a horse, an imposing beast of great strength and rippling muscles. I don’t remember where I was going, but it was important for me to get there as fast…
WITH ALL MY HEART
Human desire kinda gets a bum rap. We tend to tangle it up in either greedy materialism or shameful lust. When desire invokes a sexy appeal, too often it’s saddled with a licentiousness that makes it seem selfish or naughty,…
VAL & FLO SAID
I don’t usually do “cutesy” talks. I mean, clever, absolutely. Maybe occasionally a bit whimsical. I like a good pun as much as the next person, and I LOVE a bad pun. I’ll shamelessly sling ridiculous jokes. And I think…
A MILLION MIRACLES
I absolutely love it when things fall into place — when the variables get settled, the questions get answered, and things just click. Who doesn’t crave this feeling, right? We’re wired to experience it — conflict/resolution, discord/harmony, chaos/order. We look…
HELLO, I LOVE YOU
This week, I encountered a quote from poet-activist Wendell Berry: "We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so…
