March 10, 2015
The Art of Truth-Telling
Denver poet, Joy Sawyer, writes about “Truth-Telling and Nakedness” in her book, The Art of the Soul: Meditations for the Creative Spirit. She urges those who want to create good…
March 3, 2015
Camelot Revisited
For some reason, thinking about the mansion this week reminded me of the classic movie, Camelot. Anybody remember it? Not the 2004 remake for television, or the First Knight version…
February 16, 2015
The Mansion
If you’ve been with us for a while, you may remember the first post I wrote for the Journal … a year ago this very month. It was about walls.…
February 9, 2015
How Hard Can It Be?
You know how when you need a bang trim, but your stylist doesn’t offer a free one, or you just don’t have time to schedule one…so you think to yourself:…
February 4, 2015
Knock. Knock.
Knock. Knock. Who’s there? Orange you glad not to see another Journal post about the ache that feels anything but beautiful? Thought so. We’re actually not off the topic yet,…
January 26, 2015
The Beautiful Ache Explored
I hope you judged The Beautiful Ache by its cover last week, and felt drawn to explore it. There’s something so beautiful about it to me, both the title and the…
January 19, 2015
The Beautiful Ache
What do you mean I haven’t posted since Thanksgiving? How in the world did that happen? I actually had a Christmas post practically finished. A really good one. But something…
December 24, 2014
Be Still and Know
The view from the kitchen's sliding glass door in The Nest this morning looks and sounds to me like our circumstances. The wind is screaming and the snow is blowing…
November 27, 2014
Thanksgiving Thoughts
Thanksgiving. The simplest and purest of holidays. The most unadulterated. My personal favorite. That’s what I wanted to write about this week. The way Thanksgiving stands, so noble and dignified,…
November 8, 2014
Convenient Lies
What is it about the solitary life that comes so close to convincing us that it’s what we want…when something deeper inside tells us our pants are on fire? And…