October 5, 2023

Image: Nina Bisognani A Family Tradition   The air is crisp. Red and yellow hues begin to wash over leafy green trees in our yards. We decorate our doorsteps with colorful pumpkins and chrysanthemums that echo the changes we see in nature.  Memories of cookouts...

September 21, 2023

Image: Barbara Ryther   Relying on Philippians 4:13                                                                Barbara Kautz  I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. King James Bible 1611 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me....

September 7, 2023

Image:Barbara Ryther Paths Barbara Ryther   Those of us who make a practice of walking on beaches generally choose a particular path. Much as with life, we have our reasons for our choices, based on personality, circumstances or mood of the day, or perhaps habit....

August 24, 2023

Image: Melanie Kyer Small Town Summer Small town summer means blessing: Picking up a box of bruised peaches at the farmer’s market and making jam, then giving a jar to the mechanic down the road who fixed your air conditioning. Small town summer shouldn’t mean a...

August 10th, 2023

MORNING I want to greet the day the way my dog wakes having tucked into the velvet night heavy with surrender   When the silk moon slips through ambient blue to welcome her florid sister and a chorus of birds calls me from dreaming   I want to run to the...

July 28, 2023

Image: Nina Bisognani Walking With Bandit The first time I visited Vaughn Woods was on a sweltering summer afternoon; the kind of day one might spend inside sitting next to a fan, sipping a cool drink. My energetic puppy had other ideas. We began on a path leading...