I did something very wild and radical this week to celebrate my 55th birthday - went to a concert on a Monday night, all the way in Atlanta! But not just any concert - my son Adam and I went to see the Eagles. They are one of only a few legendary bands that I… Continue reading An Evening with the Eagles
My husband Keith is not a phone user, so when I received a text from him last fall saying "Ladybugs are swarming!" I didn't know what to think. When I got home that day, I had to fight my way to the back door, while ladybugs flew wildly around, clinging to my clothes and sliding… Continue reading Lessons from the Ladybugs
After almost a week of snow days, I am now off from school for another week for "Winter Break". I started the break feeling a little down. For most of my adult life, time off meant going home to North Carolina to visit my parents, but since my mother's death a year and a half… Continue reading The surprises of grieving
I never heard the term "bucket list" until the movie came out a few years ago, but now it is common, especially among those of us over 50. I guess it goes along with "kicking the bucket", which you start to think about as you venture into the last half of life (assuming I make… Continue reading Bucket List
A pleasant result of reading children's books out loud for 10 years as an elementary school media specialist is that many books and their characters are in my memory as much as flesh and blood people I have known. When you read these simple stories over and over, whether to your own children or to a… Continue reading Mrs. Toggle’s Zipper and other winter thoughts
Under the Magnolia Tree 