Inspiration and nonsense from an empty glass with an orange slice.

Intimacy takes all forms and can surprise you as it occurs.

Summers are for doing something different, but studying widows? Hmmmm.

Changing your mind isn’t always about choices. Sometimes it’s words.

Yes, this month there’s a focus on Valentine’s Day. However, it’s also “American Heart Month” with a big focus on cardiovascular health.

Matt McPherson was headed to the nightlife and excitement of New York City. “Christmas with my little brother,” he thought. “Yeah, this will be good.”

Photo note: One of my photos of the hundred or more differently painted doors in Zona Velia (Old Town), Funchal, Madeira. This month I’m mixing two very different practices. First, the Christian Advent Calendar with its little doors or tabs that have a surprise gift...

You may expect a November blog to be about thankfulness. Well. . . it is and it isn’t. First, let’s talk about expectations. The year-end holidays are filled with expectations. Hallmark movies, syrupy greetings, images of happy families and beautiful decorations fill...

At some time in our lives we are encouraged to save our money for a rainy day. Perhaps, what you save is simply those pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters you receive as change. Do you put them in a jar, a coin sorter, or maybe a piggy bank? I seriously saved coins...

"Untitled" by artist Maddalena Ambrosio, 2013, Part of the Locus Solus exhibit at Arter Gallery, Istanbul, 2022. Do you find it challenging to make decisions or manage change? Are your decision factors fuzzy? Does it stress you out to determine what’s next? One of the...