September 17, 2023: An Unexpected Gift of Quietude
Quietude: a state of calmness, stillness and quiet in a person or place.”it highlights her quietude and wise passivity” Being “quiet and still” is an anomaly for me. Normally I’m a high-energy woman, whose days are usually full of activities; from
August 20, 2023: How A Barn Full of Manure and A Shovel Taught Me About Optimism
A perennial optimist on my own, I learned about the quality of optimism from my mother, Margaret. She always had the capacity to look on the bright side of any situation. A frequent refrain I heard over the years