• Life is fragile

    Life is truly amazing! We never know, from one minute to the next, what life holds. Every day is a blessing.   I am about half way through a book titled “Life with Grace” about a child’s early years after a premature birth at only 24 weeks. The book, written by Jennifer Schwertfeger, Grace’s mother, […]

  • Choice, the architect of our lives

    Uploading the columns I have written over the years into the computer is an interesting adventure, both down memory lane and into my past thought processes. It’s fascinating when I find ones that speak to me now. The following column was written in 2004. I firmly believe the concepts in this column. Though some of […]

  • Daring to Dream

    I have been a journalist for many years, beginning my published career around 1990. Though I haven’t written articles for publication the last year-and-one-half, journalism still runs in my blood and my thoughts. In the early 1990s, I wrote columns for the Winsted Journal, which I enjoyed tremendously. That was before blogging became a part […]

  • Interactive Writing Project

    I have a new project for you. Everyone is invited to add a sentence to the story and we will see where the story leads. I’ll start:   The hollyhocks shouted at me with their bright colors, “Come enjoy the peace.”      

  • New Year resolutions started a month ago

    “Happy New Year!” conjures up memories of bubbles floating to the top of non-alcoholic wine in colored stemware, party hats, and noisemakers ushering in the new year while watching the ball drop in Time Square from the comfort of our living room. New Year’s Day is spent curled up on a couch with a notebook […]

  • Exciting week

    Have you ever had one of those weeks where you were so excited you were shaking inside? Tell me about it!