My teapot is empty, but held with anticipation. I prepare by warming the water and choosing the tea. The tea unfurls and opens for m...

  When I was a young girl I loved picking a word from the dictionary and trying to include it in my vocabulary. So you see, I always have ...

 In finishing the year I found I wanted to focus on HOPE. The following poem immediately came to me and wanted to share it as a final poem f...

The season of Winter Solstice and Christmas always leads me to focus on the light and sparkly of the season. I crave it. So driving through ...

Packages tied with a bow. Stockings hung by the fire.   “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Dr. Suess …So he paused. And the Grinch put his...

    As I read Nigel Slater's book, The Christmas Chronicles, I am reminded of the scents of Christmas. This week I served Christmas tea ...

    Today is actually the lyrics to a song that really touched my heart this past week. The poinsettia is a gift from my "live-in garde...