Where I Am
360 Words. 1 Minute Read.
To sit. To simply sit and know you’re breathing … in, and out …… innnn through you nose ……… and oooout through your mouth. For life to slow down to breaths that you’re conscious of - that’s where I am.
Sweet Sixteen
512 Words. 2 Minute Read.
My daughter turned sixteen today… hard to believe. I gave her sixteen books for her birthday, most used, along with the following letter explaining the choice of books.
30,000 Calories of Eggnog
852 Words. 3 Minute Read.
I scuttled through the kitchen, my wool socks lazily skating over the hardwood floors like Snoopy on a frozen lake, until I opened the Frigidaire and saw the one thing that brings me gastronomical joy – eggnog.
A Secret Cigar in the Blue Ridge Mountains
586 words. 2 Minute Read.
Located two and a half hours from Atlanta, Cashiers and its neighboring towns are where wealthy Southerners have been summering for the past century. When it’s ninety-six degrees and the air is stale in Atlanta, it’s in the mid-seventies and breezy in these hilltop villages where golf reigns supreme.
My Cousin & San Francisco
622 Words. 2 Minute Read.
I used to travel to San Francisco a few times each year for pleasure. I had a cousin who lived there and would let me crash on her couch. She was an artist who lived among antique typewriters, old furniture, and knick-knacks that were as organized as they were eclectic.