Just don’t go

It’s okay to say no. It’s okay to not go. It’s okay to stay home. Sometimes you need to nest. […]

Is that all there is…

Is that all there is? The lyrics werewritten with a soul-deep, world weariness and sung with a shrug of nothing-really-matters-and-I-do-not-care […]

Some pleasures

Pleasures surround. Pleasures abound. It was a pleasure to share dinner with a friend and her husband and cousin on […]

Ending, concluding, summing up

I’ve noticed that in fiction, especially short stories, stories often stop rather than conclude. While recently reading a couple of […]

Always meeting for the first time

“It’s like I’m always meeting them for the first time.”My husband often laments that every time he runs into certain people, it’s […]

Fantastic Four

Every family has its movers and shakers who make things happen. There are family historians, family connectors, family champions, and […]

Me thinks mean things

I have a confession to make. Sometimes I think mean things. Venemous things. In rhyme. Like: You made me […]

Lessons from a granddaughter

On a day when you’re just going through the motions; when everything feels like drudgery at its worse and routine […]

Almost Will & Jada

My son, Cyrus McQueen, is featured in this short video, Almost Will & Jada, written by a good friend of his. […]

Is it too much to ask?

Is it too much to ask? (Apparently so.) You just want to: Get what you give. Get something you want. […]

A week ends, a week begins

Make it on Monday. Talk it on Tuesday. Work it on Wednesday. Thrash It on Thursday. Finish it Friday. Shake […]

Say what you mean and…

Say what you mean and mean what you say was one of the “snaps” my friends and I used to […]

Encouragement

A mother, a brother, a teacher, a spouse, a child, a coach, a stranger, a friend – any or all […]