I had thought I would write about the 4th of July holiday and that I would be way ahead, especially since I was nearly a month late writing about Memorial Day. Alas, good intentions sometimes are just that. Life interrupted and my choice has changed. A few days after I originally started I found myself stopping…

On Memorial Day, which is May 30 here in the US, I started this post. Life intervened soon after and I did not finish. Still, though the day of remembrance is past, remembering those gone from our midst is always timely. On this holiday I was thinking about my uncle, James R. Bonner, who died 6 April, 1945, within the…

Sometimes I go several weeks without posting, as happened in April. Although in those weeks I had numerous ideas, each time a great idea would be hatched I would not be in a position to write. Then, alas, the excitement about the new idea would slip away. Still, all this time self-awareness and breath continued to keep me…

This past weekend I kept being drawn to BookCon America 2016 in Chicago. Paying attention and being conscious and aware can be exhausting, inspiring, and bring on a myriad of thoughts and emotions, some positive and some not!  Again, it is about choice,  isn’t it? Which do we chose to recognize and act upon or ignore? Those…

Sunday was Mother’s Day and I could not bring myself to write a word or make a post along with all those others who honored their Mothers on that special day. Even today I started and stopped after one sentence. OK! STOP-EXHALE-BREATHE! Follow my own advice. In truth, my mother and I were not much alike….

I cannot believe that I have not posted in two weeks; I suppose in a way I  may have gotten bogged down by the subjects in my last couple of entries. That said, I will have to admit that getting stuck in the mud of current events in America had to be my choice. A…