Today on Twitter, my friend Luz (who I met for the first time last summer) posted this from The Daily OM – A Relationship with Self – Being Alone.  Not that it’s always easy being in a relationship, but being “on your own” and finding out who you really are is not a “walk in [...]

My late father loved roses – yellow roses to be exact.  The backyard of the house where I grew up in Indianapolis had rose bushes lined along the fence.  Now, whenever I see a yellow rose I think of my father.  The house I bought where I currently live  has a HUGE sprawling yellow rosebush [...]

I’ve had somewhat of a meltdown lately.  Specifically, I can’t find a lot to celebrate in my life.   On the advent of my fifty-eighth birthday, I feel depressed, discouraged, and – well, old. However, lurking at Shelly’s blog I found some “inspiration.”   Shelly’s a proverbial optimist, as well as a lover of bacon [...]