Live With Flair

I think I’ve picked my last bowl of raspberries for the season. What a great harvest! I think about that lovely routine of gathering all

1. Coming home to the smell of something cooking in the crockpot.2. Writing. Writing anything at all. Writing right this very moment.3. Finding a new

I’m learning how to better communicate with my family and friends. Most recently, I learned how often I like to rescue and react when someone

Today I recall what’s missing from our family life these days: spontaneity. This blog began, after all, as that spontaneous decision to dance in my

For the past four years when I visit the battlefields of Gettysburg, our host brings us the most delicious cookie I’ve ever tasted. I refer

With special thanks to the pattern from Alpha Mom blogger, I travel to the fabric store. My daughter has asked for an owl costume, and I

As I read Psalm 35, I’m suddenly struck by the repetition of one word: rescue. I learn afresh that God rescues us from what comes

Today I realize that people make time for things they want to do. They do. So when I proclaim, “I don’t have time for this,”

This morning I read Marcel Proust’s quote that “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”  I

I’m driving through the little town of Gettysburg. I’ve been on this road before, and I know my favorite little shop is coming up on