Most evenings when the sun is getting ready to climb into bed I get into my little yellow Ripper kayak and paddle out to a place where I can watch the sunset. The water is usually quiet then, the breeze often soft. To get to my spot I have to head straight into the eye-squinting sunlight, straight down a golden water-path of […]
Even on my days off I find myself making a mental list of everything I want to get done…everything I should get done. I think on the top of that list should be the words: 1. Be still Not for a minute, or a second, but for long enough to get past just catching my […]
“You walk into a restaurant. Your job is to figure out how old the restaurant is but you are not allowed to ask any questions. What can you do?” I ask this question when I am taking groups through the Creative Problem Solving process. I get all kinds of answers, things like; look at the […]
On many days a haze covers the mountains in the distance. They become all gray and shrouded and it is hard to see how beautiful they are. In fact, sometimes the air is so thick I can’t see them at all. But after a thunder storm the air clears and I can see the bright […]
I just blogged three metaphors to describe the lake I live on. But I liked them, so I cut and copied them to my writing file. I want to save them for my next middle grade novel. Did I say “next novel”? In the midst of writing Silent Glades I was like a woman in labor. The waiting, […]
Life is full of wave after wave of challenges. Some splash against us. Some crash against us, and some threaten to sweep us away like giant tsunamis. We can kick and struggle, doing our best not to go under, or we can lie on our backs and…float. Floating is easier when the waves are small. […]
I just took my daughter to work and have settled in to my own job at home. The day stretches out before me like a challenge….or a gift. I get to choose. Actually, I guess we all get to choose. I love working at home but it has its own set of challenges. One of them being that people […]
I planted a bunch of pansies yesterday. I love seeing their little faces all winter long. I’ve heard people call other folks ” a pansy” meaning weak or not brave. I find that strange since the whole reason I plant pansies is because they bloom through the winter months. All winter long I can look […]
I think that we are all lonely. That even if we have wonderful people to love us, when we are by ourselves for any length of time, we are lonely. I believe God made us that way so that we would always have a longing for Him. Life keeps us pretty busy and when it doesn’t […]
When Caleb was about four, Anna was a toddler and she followed him everywhere. He loved to play with little plastic animals. He was old enough not to put them in his mouth but it was still dangerous for Anna to play with such little toys. So once in a while he’d stand on the […]
I missed art class again…was just too tired to go…if I could have gotten there I would have been energized by the creativity and the creative spirits I share the room with…. I went to a very short sculpture class once. We chose a small chunk of stone…mine was green and about the size and shape […]
Robin Prince Monroe 