I have been listening to the words spoken to me and others throughout my life. I am both blessed and cursed with the ability to remember clearly the way things happened or were. Many times I have

Words can elate hurt destroy enable encourage discourage justify explain lie hint hide manipulate soothe cheer express invite reject describe ...

  What makes you happy? I commented on a blog this morning and wanted to share it with you.     A smile, a kind word, a hug, a lazy cuddle with my children in the morning when we don't have to rush an

I spent a very long time not posting in my personal blog, when this month's topic came about, The Power of Words, and I realized, hey!  I have a lot of words inside of me that I would like to share. 

  The last couple of weeks have been full of numerous personal issues. I have nursed my furbaby Chrome through a bad bout of colic, my dear friend and neighbor Bev, who is 85 underwent spinal surgery,

I'm taking a slightly different approach to this month's theme.  First, is a re-print of a blog post from April 2009.  Yeah, the way-back files.  But it's still (in my opinion) a pretty fresh take on

I have been visiting and reading many of the posts on WOTV for a few months now and I am inspired.  I have posted a few comments here and there and tweeted links to great posts.  When the topic for th

Bubbalicious. Stretched ribbons of sweet words twirled like a Double- Dutch jump rope. Their rhythm is childhood song and simple truth. Learning the art of blowing a perfect bubble,  a delicate bala

  One summer afternoon in Tucson, my CASA girl and I were driving around in Big Ugly, and she was enjoying a little channel surfing on my car's XM radio.  She hooted and cheered when she figured out