April 10, 2024 ‘Croce Plays Croce’ is a legacy worth hearing Unless you lived under a rock in the 1970s, you were familiar with the music of Jim Croce. And if you were familiar with…
April 4, 2024 Movement by any other name is just as sweet Movement. What if we looked at movement through a new lens and instead of calling it exercise, we called it play? Did you know…
March 10, 2024 Maui is like landing somewhere over the rainbow – in flip flops Saturday, February 17, was supposed be free of inclement weather. I know. I checked the forecast daily a week ahead of time. Several times…
February 13, 2024 Of sisters, stitchery, and sew much more I know my limitations. I’m the polar opposite of my older sister, who is a master seamstress. I mean we’re talking a freaking wizard….
February 2, 2024 A love story that needed a second chapter “Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you,” actress Loretta Young said. Sometimes that finding is shot like a straight arrow….
January 6, 2024 Ancient Angel Tree seemed to wink at me To be completely transparent, I’m not sure why I have such an affinity for trees, but they have been a source of delight for…
December 15, 2023 Christmas in New Harmony — like being in a Norman Rockwell painting There is a county in southern Indiana by the name of Posy that coincidentally, or not so coincidentally, rhymes with cozy … and in…
November 26, 2023 An urgent trip to New York soon was fortified by love I wasn’t supposed to be there. But when we got the call on Friday, Nov. 17, my husband and I dropped what we were…
November 18, 2023 ‘Good for a Girl’ takes you behind the starting line As I turned to page 260, the last page in Lauren Fleshman’s book, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World,…
October 20, 2023 The Bergamot: A journey of unity “What were we thinking?” Jillian Speece and I laughed as we hugged upon meeting in front of Notre Dame’s campus bookstore. We’d both spaced…
October 8, 2023 Time, where art thou? It was a dewy morning, one that dished out delicious summer sun; a bonus day in early October. Time was on my mind. It…
September 23, 2023 How do you measure success? Success. It can be as broad as a banquet table or as small as a midnight snack. The official definition of success is: The…
August 16, 2023 For the record – summer was sweet Summer. It was 1964, I was a seven-year-old-half-pint, and it was “a jolly ‘oliday with Mary.” Mary Poppins that is. My siblings and I…
July 12, 2023 The Box This box. It’s a treasure trove of swim trophies (high point, sportsmanship, and even a bobblehead among them). Baseball trophies, team photos of cross…
July 1, 2023 What’s in Your Treasure Chest? I’ve started to do the deep dive. You know the one. Decluttering. I pull a box from the basement shelf to go through things…
March 16, 2023 What would you do to avoid a potential neighborhood disaster? What should you do if your water supply was threatened? The short answer is – EVERYTHING! My husband and I live directly across the…
February 14, 2023 Grand Cayman: More than just a pretty face I’m waking to the rush of waves, a floor-to-ceiling panoramic view of the Caribbean, and light rising into the sky as if controlled by…
February 7, 2023 A heart in the snow As Valentine’s Day draws near, my mind drifts back to a cold, snowy evening, in the bleak of winter, many years ago. It had…
January 16, 2023 This story is about hearts This story is about hearts. Not the card game, the rock band, or the hardest working muscle of the body. I’m talking about the…
November 19, 2022 A Case for Handwriting and the Written Word As someone who was born in ancient times (1957), I grew up with reverent regard for the written word. In my elementary school years,…