Stars

Such a voice.  Really nice acoustic guitar and solo from Gregg Allman.   

Happy Mother's Day (in lieu of Sunday Quote)

My lovely Mom and a little me way back when.  I have been graced with my own wonderful children and am reminded of how blessed I am every day, not just this day of cards and flowers (although thank you!  Appreciated!) by the sure fact of how they have made my life far more joyful, interesting, challenging, and just "way more funner" than it would ever have been without them.

  But on this day for mothers,  I miss my Mom even more than my everyday normal which is saying a lot. 

 Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

Hunter-gatherer vacay style

The hunt for really excellent Key Lime pie took us out of Islamorada and down the road towards the Keys to a little place my husband heard about by the side of the road.  Can I share the name?  Would if I could.  The pie is eaten, the scrap of paper long trashed, our memories are mostly a collage of blue upon blue, a hot sun, some perfect aqua blues of small homes near a trailer park, and a cat that said hello briefly and then left to go about its Florida cat business.
The pie was good.

camera at the ready....

Photo of rental car in a Florida truck's hubcab.   Have to go through the Florida photos and pull up some fun ones.  Cannot believe we have been back going on three weeks.  However, considering I located some items in a box from our trip last year to North Carolina, yet unpacked, I should hardly be surprised.

Sunday Quote

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people.  Let your memory be your travel bag.

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

For Walter

For a life that turned down the wrong road, for the sorrow of no one being able to help you turn it around.  For a terrible ending far too young.  For the years past where no one knew.  We know now, we hold you in our mind and hearts. Rest in a sweet and gentle peace, old friend.

Sunday Quote

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

- Mary Oliver

Take me somewhere I can breathe

Take me to my beach.

Florida Humor :)

Do I miss the Florida Keys?

Yes, I do.

Sunday Quote - in memory of Aunt Norayne

Those who wish to sing always find a song. - Swedish Proverb

For our Aunt Norayne who brightened up our lives with her singing telephone calls, her affectionate interest in family, and her ability to live her life the way she wanted to and on her own terms.

Story time...

Pleased to see my story, The Lawn Chair, out today in the online journal,
Imitation Fruit. You can read it here -- and I hope you enjoy it. Warning - the layout is a bit wonky. Left to right then left again - like a book page, only then it jumps down and does it again. Think of it as an added challenging edge to the story :)

one step forward, two steps back, again.

Song for the day by the imcomparable Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo.

Sunday Quote

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

- Nelson Mandela

Sunday Quote

Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

- Charles Wesley

We are an Easter people. Happy Easter, everyone.

Let sleeping ducks lie...

They decided I wasn't scary enough to interrupt their nap and waddle elsewhere. Something about ducks that just make you smile...

Lyn Lusi

Lyn Lusi, a remarkable woman, the founder of HEAL Africa, has died. I became aware of her awhile ago thanks to an Oprah show. Her work with African women who had been made to be outcasts of society because of fistulas (most of the time due to rape)was brave and inspired and important - but her attitude about how one person can affect change was moving. With her husband she also set up a training hospital in Goma (he sounds pretty amazing as well). The Economist ran a full page obituary on her which you can access here through the HEAL Africa site. I also like the PBS site's piece on her where she is quoted a good deal - and the same feisty, passionate woman I remember from that show shines through. My heart goes out to her family and all the people she helped. The world lost a truly good one.

Happy Birthday to my lovely man

Thirty-one years of knowing you and it only gets better. Happy Birthday, Bill.

Sunday Quote

God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.

- Mother Teresa