There is a great Texas (ok Southern) thing called, “Fixin’ to”. Now, the actual duration of “Fixin’ to” can be anywhere from a few minutes to a few years, to possibly never. Texas women have held “Fixin’ to” over Texas men’s heads since the state formed I imagine. I can...

I am in a season of life where I am, by both desire and demand, doing a lot of rethinking. I have written about simplification and minimalism a bit before, but from the stance of wanting not needing to really do that much about it. The reality is that rethinking...

I have begun working on a writing project around joy and no project like this would be complete without starting where joy does not exist. Or at least does not exist in measure. This does not mean that there are not moments of joy, but sustainability becomes difficult if not...

I am sitting in what I guess we call our sun room reading. I call it our sun room because it has a skylight and is sunnier than the rest of the house and I am not sure what else to call it. The wicker chair I am sitting in...

I sit here today on the 4th enjoying the day off. I have spent a little morning coffee time doing some reading and writing. A little time with the family putzing around the house and this will lead up to burgers this evening and maybe a little fireworks watching. I...