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Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 19. To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope This is not a story not a poem not an essay not a lesson nor a lecture. This is a trail of thoughts from my heart about forgiveness. Usually when I ponder a word, I open a...
Celebrating Week #11

Celebrating Week #11

Celebrate this Week : March 18, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 18. Today I celebrate the week past — a week that began in one hemisphere and ended in another! I celebrate a milestone with all Slicers in the 2017 March Slice of Life Story Challenge. We...
Five Minute Friday : Friend

Five Minute Friday : Friend

Five Minute Friday : March 17, 2017. I’m linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday where bloggers post their 5 minute free writing inspired by a one word prompt.  Today’s word  prompt is friend I have a friend who sticks closer than a brother His...
Blessings and Limericks

Blessings and Limericks

Poetry Friday : March 17, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No.17. A slice– Today I’m wearing green. A blessing– Today, in the tradition of the Irish, I share two blessings, from me to you. The first one I adapted from Psalms 84:11-12. The second...
A Tale of Four Shirts

A Tale of Four Shirts

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 16. Part I. Have you ever shopped for four look-alike dress shirts in four different sizes, the smallest being 12-18 month size?  Oh, I must add that they must be on reduced pricing ’cause who wants to pay full price on...

Storing Eggs

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 15. I was e-thumbing through an e-copy of It was published in 1913. And in that book, I read the following . . . And as I read, I wondered and asked questions. 1. How many eggs would I need to buy in the summer to last through the...

I Failed, Or Did I?

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 14. I failed I didn’t reach my goal But Failure is okay Because It means I tried And Trying is what Really counts I was in Miami –en route home after two weeks in Ecuador, waiting to board a flight– when I saw the...

Be Thankful

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 13. From personal travel journal It’s 5 AM and I’ve said Good Morning and Thank You to no less than a dozen people between my hotel room and my departure gate at the airport — all people who in some way served me....

Gained Three, Lost One

Celebrate this Week : March 12, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 12. Today I celebrate a SAFE JOURNEY. Today I celebrate HOME, SWEET HOME. Today I celebrate having TIME.  Yesterday, I wrote my slice (Journey Home) while on a long Miami layover, when we were...
Journey Home

Journey Home

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 11. Long day Short post Farewell, beautiful Ecuador On Friday… Drove the coastal roads from Portoviejo, city of our visit to Guayaquil, city of our departure One of the views along the way Fishing boats dot the waters On...