It was another wet morning on our little mountain. This year we have gotten a lot of rain here in Northern New Jersey. In fact, we’ve gotten so much rain that in many places records have been shattered. When it’s raining out my mother always…
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Speak Your Truth
At the end of the day, you have to be able to lay your head down on the pillow and feel good about the things you’ve said, the things you’ve done, and the person that you are. Life is all about making choices. All day,…
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SWAN: Don’t Give Up
SWAN (Stop Wasting Away Now) is a weekly dose of inspiration from me to you. Each week I will make a short video post about something on my mind. The posts will be unscripted & shot straight from my soul. Stop wasting away now, life’s…
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Poetry Friday: The Thing Is | Ellen Bass
The Thing Is | Ellen Bass to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with…
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Sugar Loaf Artisans Village
A couple of weekends ago, I traveled into the little village of Sugar Loaf, New York for the day. It is one of my favourite places in the world. It is such a sweet village, bustling with shops full of handmade arts & crafts, antiques,…
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What’s in a Name?
A confession: I love names! I’ve been choosing names for my future child(ren) for as long as I can remember. I don’t know what it is really, I’m just fascinated. I love the sound of names and I especially love to know what names mean.…
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the girl behind the curtain (about me)
[I recently updated my About page. It is an introduction for new friends and it also reflects my direction for moving forward with my writings here. I thought I would share it as a post, too, since most of you don’t check out the About…