Listening

October 13, 2023

Fall Colors

Familiar Seasons 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… How can there be so many fall shades of yellow? I took in the exquisite fall colors surrounding me, as I sat at an interstate rest stop on the border of Minnesota. Only yesterday, I was home, further south where the trees were […]
August 25, 2023

Umbrellas and Well-Being

Sudden Chance of Rain I sat in the car hoping the downpour would end soon. The rain was one of those sudden summer showers that weather channels caution about. One minute the sky was a crystal-clear blue, and the next the wind was buffeting the car, and the drains in […]
July 19, 2023

Airport Realizations

Flying Not long ago I was faced with a conundrum. I signed a contract to appear at a national nurse’s conference in Orlando. I signed it before another opportunity to work with nurses appeared. No matter how I maneuvered my schedule, I was stuck with flying to get back to […]
May 19, 2023

Green Trees

Color Play The road climbed up the steep hill from the Ohio River valley below. Years ago, a crew blasted through the hills, or knobs as they’re known locally, to tame the unruly dark gray shale rock into the standard dimensions of an interstate highway. These hills are the debris […]