Spring Cleaning: Budget Simply

It’s Lent and Spring and all the lament and renewal that’s been promised. It’s the last Friday of my Spring Break and I get to sit outside overlooking a gorgeous pale pink cherry tree but I can smell the chicken plant on the breeze and I remember my...

How to Make a Seasonal Wardrobe

Here at the end of February, it’s 61 degrees and sunny in Chattanooga today. Winter feels like a memory and I am happy to see the first yellow daffodils spreading my favorite color everywhere. Spring is traditionally a time for new beginnings and for many,...

New Poem Published: Nightwatch

Image by Joe at Pixabay My new poem, Nightwatch, is live at The Mudroom! “I follow crumbs at Dusk along the damp Earth. Will tomorrow’sMaterialize?I wish I had your wings,Could soar free and See the water, theMoon reflected whole…”Read the rest...

Am I Safe?

Beautiful questions lead to beautiful answers. (Image by Руслан Сикунов from Pixabay) From a young age, I have felt unsafe. My body remembers what trauma felt like, so it is difficult for me to relax and let down my guard. At the worst of my PTSD, before I was...