Friday morning was a rare treat in Northwest Georgia for the end of July - a clear, low-humidity day! Our weather the past two weeks has been awful, the air so hot and muggy that I didn't want to be outside at all. So when I stepped out into the cool morning air on Friday,… Continue reading In the Garden
Author: maflake
I am a retired middle school media specialist, a writer, a wife and mother, a runner, a reader, a gardener and a seeker of God. I live in an antebellum home in Northwest Georgia with my husband.
Nightmares
The nightmares have started - not the kind with monsters or zombies, but something much worse - the Back to School Nightmare! And I'm not talking about the kids, but the teachers! I had mine a few weeks ago. I dreamed I was starting at a new school and I was late for my first… Continue reading Nightmares
A birthday celebration
My friends and I were in the heart of Atlanta yesterday, crawling along in traffic by Centennial Park. We had made the drive to go to the Peachtree Roadrace Expo, where we would get our race numbers for the world's largest 10K on Saturday, buy new running gear and take advantage of the free samples.… Continue reading A birthday celebration
Push or Pull?
"Go, Andy, go! Push it, push it!" I was at the middle school track championships, cheering for our Valley Point runners as they each rounded the last curve to finish the 4X400 relay. I know from experience how much hearing your name can give you that extra burst of energy at the end of a… Continue reading Push or Pull?
Covering Up
We're all hiding something. I have been thinking about this ever since our tree man was out a few weeks ago to take away yet another of our big old trees, this one a giant walnut that was uprooted during a bad storm. "That big walnut came down because it was weak on the inside,"… Continue reading Covering Up
Under the Magnolia Tree 