365 Grateful: All my life’s a circle …

Once upon a time … There was a West Virginia native who lived two clicks over into Ohio across a… Read more 365 Grateful: All my life’s a circle …

365 Grateful: It’s the little things

We’re on our way to a weekend family reunion in Virginia when, yes, that diet cola kicks in and… Read more 365 Grateful: It’s the little things

We visited the Butterfly House at Thomson’s Landscaping in Marietta, Ohio, this weekend. While there were a few Monarch butterflies… Read more 365 Grateful: we are infinitely more than we seem

I met an amazing man today. We shared a cab from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to downtown, and talked… Read more 365 Grateful: Lessons from a cabbie

So tiny. Smaller than a thumbnail. So meticulously constructed. Abandoned after a year of storage on the wires of a… Read more 365 Grateful: ancient artifacts lie in the eyes of beholders

They’re tiny little things, these fungi in my front mulch, clinging somehow to elusive nutrients in sticks and chips of… Read more

So, on impulse at Lowe’s yesterday, I picked up a TIME special publication, The Science of Sleep, mainly because buying… Read more 365 Grateful: Nutrition for your mind

Today, in the midst of organizing and cleaning the computer room, I pick up a slim volume. It’s destined for… Read more 365 Grateful: Sage Advice … From 1913

Today, I’m filled with gratitude at the natural world. Despite the arguments of humans, despite the political rhetoric of party… Read more 365 Grateful: Nature Never Ceases To Amaze Me

My first vocal coach, exuberant, funny, and wildly talented, always said that when a singer really nailed a performance —… Read more 365 Grateful: Goose Pimple Index (GPI)