In 2024, I chose the word, liberate, but in the thick of challenges, the word never took root. That is, until October, the same month we sold our house, when I began to feel more liberated and hopeful. It was in those moments of liberation, I came to realize *I* did not choose the word; […]
Liberating Into a New Lifestyle With My Husband, Capt. Rob, and Our Scottish Terrier, Walter
We’re free now, or so it would seem after liberating of virtually every stick of furniture upon the sale of our ‘sticks + bricks’ home and moving into our RV. A long time time coming, as is expected in the world of large-scale projects, this life-changing initiative began seeding in the fall of 2022 after […]
Refilling the Writer’s Well Through the Hemingway Journey
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” – Ernest Hemingway Rob and I have twice-imbibed in a glorious Key West vacation–enjoying every moment of our trips to the southernmost mecca. This cultural dichotomy and intriguing island melds young and old, touts the hip and historical, […]
Look at Her Light
Look at her light, So dainty, so bright, Colorfully snappy, Makes Monday more happy. #clematis #spring #flowers #texas
Anchored by My Sisters | #SistersWeekend2017
l to r: Jacqui (#3), Janet (#2), Susan (#1) and Kathy (#4) "In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." ~Khalil Gibran Echos of their voices and images of their faces mark my memory. […]
To the Men + Women Who Faced the Terror on Sept. 11
by Rob Poindexter When I think of the men and women who took their last shower, shaved for the last time, had breakfast with their families before rushing out the door with a to-go cup of coffee in their hands to catch a bus or a subway car to their jobs not having any idea […]