Live With Flair

Today, is a special day.  It’s going to better than, greater than, or otherwise different from all the others.  That’s what special means:  better, greater,

This morning I remember Oswald Chamber’s quote that “prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.”  I think of

We leave the house to walk and search for something beautiful.  “Tell me when you see it,” I say, camera in hand.  My oldest says

I heard a story last week about horses that I think about every day now. A psychologist shared that she grew up on a farm,

Today my youngest bursts from the school doors to announce that her little friend will come for a playdate and bring her iPad. “Really?” I

The first article I ever published in a real magazine revealed the seven ways to ask a great question.  I used to be so good

It occurs to me again this morning that some things you can never go back from.  Some things you just can’t undo.  Learning to read,

My husband and I walk in the woods in search of icicles.  I’ve always been enchanted by icicles.  They possess a strange beauty. Icicle Icicles

Today in class, we consider the claims of several poets regarding beauty.  Kahlil Gibran claims that “we live only to discover beauty” as if to

 My one-eyed cat, Jack, has found true love. He’s moved from synchronized napping to obvious displays of tender cat affection.  He can’t nap without her.