Please welcome our new addition. I found her in a dusty corner in one of the local antique shops months ago and thought our old Victorian house needed a proper Victorian lady to watch over things. She had no price tag and the proprietor didn’t remember having seen her before. So of course I had to have her. Five dollars later she went home with me. Today on a whim I hung her on a vacant nail in the foyer. I notice every time I pass by that she is crooked. I notice every time I straighten her that she … Continue reading New Addition

….for a very important date. I was ready to write, but the little one is giving me “the look.” He apparently has plans for us that don’t include me sitting in front of the computer. So if you will excuse me, tonight I am off to chase make believe squirrels, toss his favorite ratty toy up and down the hallway, bark at shadows and howl at the moon. Continue reading I’m Late, I’m Late….

Recently I entered a micro fiction writing contest. One day to write a 100 word story using an assigned genre, action and word. I placed second in my group and was moved ahead to the next level. Inspired my “success” I remembered how much I enjoy these sort of situations; these “assignments” that push me out of my comfort zone and force me to write without thinking; to see what shakes loose. So today on my way to the grocery store, I decided to swing by the bookstore and see if they had any books/magazines on flash fiction writing. I … Continue reading Lucky Star

Quick look at the parlor paint. It will be a few days (because it took me a minute to decide on the color) before it is done but I am so excited that I wanted to share a first glimpse with you all. Fingers crossed it continues to go well. I am in love…. Continue reading First Glimpse

Dust from a faraway desert chokes the marshland, suffocates the light; much like another desert I know all too well. The sun trades places with the moon as my husband makes an off hand remark, the ripples of which send me overreacting, back to my childhood. I think about the butterfly, somewhere in the world, coming into her own, not yet aware of the power of her wings and her ability to change the world. Continue reading Chaos Theory

Today, I meandered, on my way home from picking up a loaf of bread. I drove a few miles out of my way; took a left instead of a right. Saw a bus waiting for children, long grown up and moved away. Saw an angel stand her ground against a semi truck. Brave in the face of potential destruction. Heard a song I had never heard before and realized I already knew all of the words. Continue reading The Road Less Traveled

Today we finished painting what will soon be the master bedroom, and I am IN love! And…..in shock. I never pictured myself falling head over heels with…..beige, but this beige is sweet in more ways than one. Once we decided that this particular room would be the master, I knew immediately that the color inspiration should come from the church across the street. The church is visible from the window as soon as you walk into the room and it seemed only natural to play off of it. The church itself is gray with very subtle purple/pink undertones. (I may … Continue reading Sweet Beige

As the sample paint dries and I wait to make my final decisions, I find refuge from the heat on the back step. Hidden from view, beneath old oak branches. Watching daylight get tangled in swaying moss, the sky change colors without a second opinion, squirrels scamper overhead, sensing a shift in the weather. The palette changing from “Song Bird” to “Blustery Sky.” Continue reading Back Step Hideaway