Category: <span>Thoughts and Musings</span>

For the love of the written word, I write. I think of those who came before me…Wordsworth with his fields of daffodils, Shakespeare with his pen that brought bloody swords…

Thoughts and Musings

I think of my favorite book to listen to come March and April each year.  A book that I welcome through my headphones as I run along muddy sidewalks, shaking…

Thoughts and Musings

1.  I know “Pig Banky Banks” can hold just as many pennies in their gluttonous bellies as Piggy Banks. 2.  I know I want to be a mom whose arms…

Thoughts and Musings

“You’ve got a frog in your throat” is a tricky thing to say to a two-year-old.  It’s a downright dangerous thing to say to Little Friend.  When the mucus-y, cloggy,…

Thoughts and Musings

She said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly. “Surely you know what…

Thoughts and Musings

Certain things you expect to learn when you become a parent: changing diapers, folding onesies, bulking up the college savings. Then along comes a Snowgirl. Not to be confused with…

Thoughts and Musings