We Are the Sum of Our Choices

I was at the UPS Store the other day. Dropping off a package for shipment. It was crowded in the store, bursting with the hustle and...

The roads were wet, shimmering in the streetlights. Deceptively pretty. I was coming up to a stoplight on a bridge, heading home from...

Another Thanksgiving in the books. It was a good one this year. Smooth and calm and drama-free. Although Thanksgiving day was calm, the...

I love my leaf blower. It's so much fun to clear the sidewalks and the driveway. To watch the leaves and grass clippings scatter in my...

I love the fall. It's my favorite season. The smell of autumn in the air, the colors changing in the trees. The leaves covering the...

On our last girl's trip, the clock in our hotel suite wasn't working. Perpetually stuck at two minutes to six. As if time had stopped....

Soft. Warm. Cozy. Three of my favorite words. And feelings. This is the best time of year. A time for sweaters, jeans and boots. And...

There's a giant Ferris wheel on the waterfront in Seattle. I snapped a picture of it last time I was there. At night it lights up the...

I got a new refrigerator this week. My ice maker works again! No more trips to Kwik Trip to pick up bags of ice to fill it. And I don't...

I love moving walkways. The fact that I can stand still and move forward at the same time. Or I can choose to walk on them, moving at...

I recently discovered that I could ask my phone to read me my new text messages. I knew I could ask it to send them, but not that it...

Life is deceiving. From far away, things can look perfect. Perfect smiles, perfectly posed pictures, perfect stories of perfect...

Fold the top corners in. First from the right, then the left. Then, fold the paper in half and crease firmly. Next, fold down each side...

Remember the saying, "On your feet, lose your seat?" I would get so mad at my brothers when they took the best seat on the couch any time...

My car was sluggish, not quite picking up speed the way it should. As if it were exhausted. I glanced down at the console. The letter on...

I used to have really neat penmanship. Smooth, straight, legible words. Now though? Not so much. Now when I write, it's like my hand...

My neighbor, Leo, is 85 and retired. But he never stops moving, which is something I really admire about him. He does all sorts of fun...

I love to be barefoot. Free. Unencumbered. Toes exposed to the world. Since I work from home, I rarely wear shoes during the day. Even...

The sun beat down on me, hot and insistent. A bird flew overhead, casting a small, bird-shaped shadow on the ground as it passed by. I...

"The rain is gone..." Got you singing that song in your head now, don't I? That's not actually what I'm going to blog about today though....