Have you ever wondered how two people can look at the exact same thing and each see something totally different? It happens often enough that it is almost miraculous that we are able to effectively communicate with friends and loved ones at all. When I look at this picture, I see a beach filled with …

Now and then I retreat into a world of my own, a place of stillness with muted emotions, a place to just be. It isn’t a light switch that I can switch on and poof, suddenly I am in the quiet place, but rather noticing over several days that I have become quieter, with very …

Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again.” Author Unknown When I took this picture of a rose, I put it away into one of my “someday” files. It just didn’t say anything to me at all. It was …

When I was young, my granddaddy would tell me stories about the “good old days” and how kids these days didn’t have the sense God gave a goose. Of course he also loved to tell me how he used to walk 20 miles to school, uphill both ways, and barefoot. Every once in a while …

It takes a village to raise a child.” African Proverb Listening to all the nearly vicious political debates in the news, I began to wonder. In the middle of all of this, who is watching out for the children? Is this truly the example we want them to learn? How can we claim to be …

It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” Mark Twain I am smack dab in the middle of some serious spring …

When a photographer captures an image, that image becomes an intimate look inside their very soul, a peek at the world through their eyes…. I often see a mirror of me, of my thoughts within, when I am sorting through the pictures I take. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that I …

The expression on Lemur’s face, moments before his surprise attack on Taylor, was absolutely priceless. You could literally see him planning how this was all gonna go down. Finally, he would be king of the mountain, or in reality, king of the couch. I seriously considered stepping in, or at least giving her a warning …

So you’ve got the ball, huh? Whatcha gonna do with it? Run like heck of course! What possible sense could it make to just stand there holding it? What are you doing? Waiting for someone to take it away from you? RUN! Life is always a series of choices. Yes, we can make the wrong …

Sometimes ya just gotta scratch that itch. We grew up hearing not to go out in the cold rain, for fear we would get sick. To heck with it! Run, play, and love it until you are too exhausted to play another minute. Go ahead! Get drenched! Jump in the puddles and fall in the …