• Thoughts

    Celebration of Life

    I went to a “Celebration of Life” over the weekend.  I’ve worn my funeral attire four times in the past two years.  COVID resulted in only two, regardless of why, each time gives pause to think about how you want…

  • Thoughts

    Choose Kindness

    Choices shape our lives and shape who we are.  The life you’re living today results from the consequences of choices you made in the past.   There is a chain of events associated with every decision that we make.  The impact…

  • Thoughts

    Dreams

    I am a dreamer.  Not a daytime dreamer, although occasionally I do that also, but I’m a consistent night dreamer.  I think that everybody dreams, although most may not remember theirs, I wake up each morning with a story from…

  • Holidays

    Mother’s Day 2023

    I’ve been blessed to be able to celebrate Mother’s Day for the past 47 years.  No one gave me an instruction booklet on how to be a Mom.  I got sent home with a 7-pound newborn & had to figure…

  • Adventure

    Over The Mountain

    Some of the best places to eat are tucked away, off the beaten path, and you don’t know about them unless the locals share their secrets.   Dahlonega has some great restaurants, but last night was an experience in all…

  • Adventure

    The Way

    The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St James, is a pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, where tradition holds that the…