Live With Flair

Today I remind a student writing about life’s roadblocks that “the impeded stream is the one that sings.” Wendell Berry wrote this in his poem

I wake up and scroll through my phone to learn about a Wendell Berry quote I had forgotten. At the end of his poem, “Manifesto:

Last night I shared with women at church my journey to “train my mind in hope” based on the biblical principles of Jeremiah’s choosing to

I’m trudging across the campus with a bag full of library books to return. My arms ache and the morning sun feels much hotter than

As I walk today under a pelting of fat green and brown acorns that I then crunch underfoot, I remember one of my favorite poems,

I rush out the door without the keys to my office. My husband agrees to drive home, find my keys, and return them to me.

For the first time ever, I purchase a little plant to decorate my office. It’s symbolizes that I’m here; I’m staying; I’m settled in and

We find this tutorial from gurl.com (but we don’t suspend our balloons; we just let them dry on a towel).You basically combine glue, water, and some

We gather all the old nail polish and our bowl of gathered acorns. We have the best afternoon just painting them! We even share the craft