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this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

I believe every life is worth stopping for...

I believe every life is worth stopping for…

I originally posted this reflection on June 23, 2008 after attending my best friend’s father’s funeral.    A few weeks ago, I told you all about the book This I […]

Random Bits

Random Bits

  Bit # 1 So, BF and Happy went to a local farm last week and Lola went with them.  While BF and Happy were seeing chickens and messing with the […]

Keeping Track

Keeping Track

A lot of times I set goals for myself that can’t be completed immediately.  The goals have all sorts of parts, have to be achieved like climbing a ladder, rung […]

letting people define themselves..

objectification lessons

A couple months ago, I read something that horrified me.  Okay, horrified might be a bit much, but offended is not. I read something that offended me.  It was 6:45 am, […]

Girl Power! camp

Have your daughter, niece, granddaughter, or young friend join  me and equine assisted learning specialists, Kris Batchelor and Morgan Ridenhour, for a special week of horsemanship and leadership. Activities will […]

What's on the Reading List

What’s on the Reading List

As a college instructor, summer is the most wonderful time of year.  And NOT because I am not teaching college classes in the summer.  That’s not it at all as […]

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

photo by Jill E. Williams

Sliding into our best selves

As a lecturer in Women and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I have the great pleasure of teaching a seminar on body image.  But with […]

Savoring the day

Savoring the day

One of my favorite writers is Anne Lamott.  I discovered her in my 20s because a friend purchased Lamott’s novel Rosie for me.  But I fell in love with her […]