The bird sounds at 6:00 a.m. are impressive this time of year. I hear babies and mothers, calls from down the street and from high up in...

I dropped Leah off at doggy day care and the cheerful woman at the Hot Paws desk said, “Happy Birthday Leah!” “Oops, forgot her...

Recently my siblings, one of my nieces, and I had an adventure outside Gainesville that we’re still talking about. We visited Carson...

My writing mentor, Richard, finally got through to me. I needed to remove sections of my book draft that were out of sync with the point...

A friend told me I was brave for signing up for consecutive writer’s retreats in Italy and Croatia. “Why?“ I asked. “Because you don’t...

While others are gassing up their generators, ensuring they have batteries, and stocking up on toilet paper, the wonderful volunteers and...

When I was with a group of women who were all about my age, one of them (the youngest and not yet a grandparent) asked what our...

Decisions I made one morning made a big difference in my life and that of two newly hatched loggerhead sea turtles. Leah (my dog) and I...

August is a no TV month for me. Unless there is an important news bulletin, a hurricane (necessitating weather watching), or something...

There I was, in 90-degree heat at four o’clock in the afternoon on top of a hill with no trees nearby, barely any clouds, hundreds of...

A friend mentioned how often I quote my mother and it caused me to think about why. In day-to-day living, she had more influence over me...

Today I made a large batch of pimento cheese. A few weeks ago, I wrote that bread is love. Pimento cheese runs a close second. I make...

This is an excerpt from my historical novel (a work in progress) about my Dad and his Auntie, who he described as "the leading force in...

Bread is a gift of love. It’s personal. Mother made bread and I always think of her when I make it. She said that making bread was good...

I had a delightful morning at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. John Reed presented a class on photographing birds, a benefit of...

My brother and I planned a one-night getaway where we could spend a little time together without work, family, pets, or other...

After a very quiet and lazy Christmas holiday, I am finding it hard to get in gear. I am probably not alone. When someone wants...

It's that time of year again. Many Americans will prepare a lavish meal of celebration and thanks while spending time with family and...

We’re hunkered down here in northeast Florida with a Nor’easter blowing through for a couple of days. It’s not actually snowing because...

“Leave it,” is a popular training command used when a dog is misbehaving or unfocused. It is preferred over “no,” but a brief enough...