reckless loving

  I was on an early morning walk yesterday, several miles from home, when I noticed a bird in the road. I assumed that it had been hit by a car, so I wanted to pick it up and lay it gently under a tree, but as I got closer, this gorgeous red-headed woodpecker turned…

I know better?

I called my father several weeks ago, and his voice sounded off. He said that he had a cold and felt terrible so he'd call when he was feeling better. I week passed, without hearing from him, so I called again, and again he said that he'd call when he was feeling better, but he…

Inside and out

A few years ago, I ran into a woman who was very unhappy. She'd just had a fight with the man she was living with and was going on and on about how difficult he was, and that life was so much easier when she had her own place. She said, "I was a fool…

Wonderful yes!

When I first thought of the idea of saying yes 1000 times (over this past weekend) my feeling was basically that it would be a nice focus, but I wasn't expecting any big deal in the way of things happening in my life. Saturday afternoon, we got a call from a friend inviting us to…