I am simply overwhelmed by the response my post brought yesterday! Certainly a cord was struck by it, a poem that a reader sent summed it up in one line:  …

I am not going to complain about my double chin. I am not going to ask God why he didn't give me long legs. I am not going to wish for a cute little nose. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ But when people ask…

                             May that which you love, hold your hand this year!                photo: Turn of the century, hands of friendship, on a true blue ribbon

                      Souvenirs…A butterfly that dared to leave the cocoon. A found button with an X that marked the spot. Stamps from another place and time. Music that stirred my soul, "Rize and Krump!"…

                      Untie that which holds you back. Let go of the reins, allow the loose ends to dance in the wind. Follow the thread that seems unlikely to lead anywhere. Knots are bows,…

                      "Thoughts flowered"…And within no time the French word "pensées" is budding in my mind…French "pensées" can be either "thoughts" or "pansies" in English…Now when I send "mes meilleures pensées", will you get…