The Ramblings of an Aging Woman…

    If there was one thing Desert Wind Storm Peggy ever said true of me was that I was never one to follow others well. When family members would complain I had fallen into the wrong crowds, she would always reply I hadn’t fallen into anywhere. I was in fact ALWAYS searching, not FOLLOWING. […]

I am a haunted woman. I was a haunted child. Winter this year is just rough.  It is bringing some intense cold air and wind followed by a tease of warmth thinking it is safe to leave the house in flip flops with those un-pedicured feet of yours.  Even this weekend roared with a storm […]

Writing has always been a part of me.  A passion in me.  I love words and writing the way some love math or science.   Writing has always been a safe space for me to escape, deal, or find balance in my life.  I am often torn between trying to convince myself to attend a writer’s […]

With my second cup of coffee the mind slowly begins to wake up.  I cannot tell you how many times I woke through out the night painfully removing crust from my eyes.  No doubt the weather has the sinuses flared, they stay flared in the forties.  The deep sleep is my body’s way of saying […]

  Fall is here, my second least favorite time of the year. It is comical in this house that the Chadlings love love love Fall/Winter and the parents love love love Spring/Summer. My inner voice has finally embraced seasonal shifts. I am guessing this is yet another one of those wonderful things to come with […]

1 year 1 month 3 days … And a full cycle of seasons to land back here in spring, writing again. Finally!   Who knew the process of so many things would be an ordeal to push through. Never had my chakra, zen, yoga, meditation need the attention. Holding compassion, leaning on silence, and breathing […]

I want to say that I didn’t see the outcome coming.  Throw the ‘but I am naive’ card but I can’t.  If ever I dreamed something true it would be the dark fingertips hue Peggy snapped my way during a most wretched of Winter colds..ugh..finally on the mend from that sucker puncher.  I thought my […]

Most days I feel the entire year is nothing but resolving to do anything better THIS time around or CHANGE that habit come January first.  However, lately I have begun to see the importance of goals.  And since I manage to commit to 33% of my book reading challenge on Goodreads I figured challenging myself […]