Just the other day I read this quote: “When you’re in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you’ve been buried. Perhaps you’ve been planted. BLOOM.” I have no idea who wrote it but I think it’s good advice and I’m going to take it. Now I should explain that I don’t feel as […]
Do you ever think about trees? Trees are all shapes and sizes and color and if they could talk I believe they would tell us a lot as so much life happens around them. When I was in England, I was drawn to the trees there. In Cambridge, there is a place called Christ’s […]
Here we are down to last few minutes of 2017. Another chapter of the novel of our lives finished, but how has it ended? Is it ending with you in a hurry to start the next chapter of your life to see what happens next? Have the events that took place left […]
Autumn brings to mind many things depending on where in the world you live and in Maine it’s summed up with one little word: COLOR. If you have never witnessed the leaves changing color in the fall you have missed something truly spectacular. This weekend I had the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of […]
What do you think of when you see a hedge, a fence, or a stone wall? Boundary lines to keep something in or something out? How many hands were involved in the making of a stone wall? How much history is there in a stone wall? When you see a stone wall, do […]
I found a new word today. ABIBLIOPHOBIA: the fear of running out of reading material. I don’t think that will ever happen to me as I always have several books on my waiting list. Usually when I close one book, I open the next, sometimes the very same day. I often have […]
I had a list of things that I wanted to see when I visited London. One of the things that was important for me to see was a 30 foot bronze statue called “The Meeting Place” sculpted by Paul Day. (I’ve also seen where this sculpture was called “The Kiss” and also “The […]
A hot summer day means a relaxing day at the beach for some or a picnic at the lake. But for some, it means the perfect day for haying. Sometimes here in Maine a field is mowed and baled more than once in the summer, if the weather is right. I think Sunday […]
Growing up, there was always a jar or tub of Marshmallow Fluff in my mother’s kitchen. We grew up eating fluffernutter sandwiches for lunch. For those of you not from New England, you may not know what a fluffernutter is. A fluffernutter is a sandwich with Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter. My mother always […]
Where is your favorite place to read? Do you enjoy reading at home or do you like to read at a library or while out having coffee or tea? I’ve never read a book while at a restaurant or out having a cup of tea somewhere but sometimes I think I’d like to. […]