Live With Flair

I’m reading Psalm 1 (where it says whatever we do will prosper), and I notice all the things I wanted God to “prosper” in my

Yesterday, the neighborhood children run in and out of my house, delighting in the unseasonably warm weather.  Some are barefoot and trying to skate on

I learn from the Italian Mama about an oak tree in our neighborhood that’s over 200 years old.  It’s a ten minute stroll from my

This morning after church, we visit the grocery store and let our daughters run to the very back where all the bins of “penny candy”

This week, I find a quote from Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Borges states, “Every destiny, however long and complicated, essentially boils down to a

This week, I learn that sometimes fear and imagining the worst motivates folks more than hope.  Instead of putting up photos of your dream life,

This morning, the Local Artist and I confess our problems with proximity.  We’re on a health and weight loss journey together, and we realize we

I’ve spent all day thinking about Joe Paterno.  I’ve navigated my way through media vans, through tears, through crowds, through countless twitter updates.  Even now,

Today I observe the way cats bathe each other.  Cats know that some places you just can’t reach alone: behind the neck, way down the