You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. ~William Henry Hudson As I wrote in my last post, our family went on a short vacation to the Barren River Lake. The lake was beautiful and I was especially excited when I read in the information about the place that October started the time of the …
Marking Things off my Bucket List
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss, but that it is too low and we reach it. ~Michelangelo Have you ever thought about making a bucket list? I’ve never actually sat down to write out a list, but there are some things I’ve always wanted to do or see. …
In Search of Eagles
A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben I finished my book in August. Did edits on it and also on my upcoming mystery in September. October came along and more little editing and blog guest posts to do. But then it came time to do some fun things. One Saturday we …
If You Had Your Life to Live Over
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.” (Nadine Stair) Have you ever thought about what you might do differently if you had your life to live over? Or …
Home Sweet Home
It’s a long way from Kentucky to California and a long way back. Glad I wasn’t walking the way the pioneers did or perhaps jogging along on a horse or in a covered wagon. One thing though, I’d have gotten a lot better look at the country that way. I watched out the planes’ windows (I had window seats all …