I hope you will stop by my blog,honeylazar.blogspot.com, and meet Aunt Ruth.   Six years ago, I asked Aunt Ruth if I could photograph her for a book.  I have no idea where the notion of "book" came fr

This month of sisterhood has taken me through the depth and breadth of what women can be to each other and what they should not be. Next weekend I will be flying up to say goodbye to my sister, who

I’m not ready to lose my sister, Not one kind, nor gentle part of her, The years of memories wash through me. The world will lose such intelligence, Laughter, gaiety and kindness too,

  Upon the hill beside the road Stood the two little trees side by side. Over the years they grew as one, Trunks and branches intertwined One hundred years and more they stood Limbs locked i

You are beautiful, yes you are!  We are so hard on ourselves, arent we?  We run the household, take care of kids and may have a career.  We decide on practically everything, dont we?  What doctors to

The world, how am I changing the world? This question has coursed through my veins; it has arrested me somehow with the enormity of the global population. Tumbling through my mind as if they we

I recently watched an interview with Michelle Obama and Barbara Walters... she told Barbara and the millions of people watching her, that her first priority was herself.  And Barbara asked, "Is that s

“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.” —Wisdom of Confucius As far as I know I get one spin on the life-merry-go-round and truly, I’d rather be dizzy from the adventure

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. —Edith Wharton   Just before dawn the sky is brilliant—sprinkled with stars and planets to chart a course by.  

A few months ago I was talking with my sister, I had shared with her some challenges I was wrestling with, after a 5 minute diatribe, my closing statement just before coming up for air was something l