Author Archives: Nancy

Last night someone asked me how I liked my new house. I said I liked it just fine but it wasn’t really a new home anymore as I have lived there for over a year. Everyone in the room was … Continue reading →

I saw a meme that said, “Don’t look back you’re not going that way.” Like many memes it is simultaneously superficial and deep. Today I find myself stuck between then – looking back, and then – what is to come. … Continue reading →

Yesterday was our first Bible Study for the five weeks of Lent. There were 8 of us gathered to read over and discuss the gospel reading for this coming Sunday. It is the passage from Luke 13 when Jesus laments … Continue reading →

Is it possible to be spoiled with too much affection? Does kindness really kill? I was the fifth child in the family after a gap of 7 years between me and the previously youngest member of the family. My parents … Continue reading →

Today is February 12th, two days before February 14 – Valentine’s Day, which I believe should be correctly called Saint Valentine’s Day. Poor Saint Valentine. Did he ever suspect that his day would be connected to red hearts, candy, and … Continue reading →

Today is the anniversary of the launch of FACEBOOK. It was in 2004 that Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old college kid from a small town in New York state, while studying at Harvard set the phenomenon known as Facebook into motion. … Continue reading →

Hello friend … it’s been a while! I kind of fell into a blog hole for a few months but I have crawled out and I am happy to be back at the keyboard and spending a bit of time … Continue reading →

I decided to treat myself this morning. I skipped making my coffee at home, as is my usual pattern, and pulled into Starbucks instead. It was just that dark-roast kind of morning. The sky was unsettled, the wind was blustery, … Continue reading →

Ha – where did your mind go when you read the title? Sensual? We usually associate that with romance, intimacy, sex. But that is not what I am talking about. As I write to you I have applesauce bubbling on … Continue reading →

This is the day the world changed. If you are like me you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news that the United States was being attacked and the twin towers … Continue reading →