This will be Dorothy Ann Skarles‘s last post for a while. Dorothy is taking some time off to adjust to her new life as a widow. There are many things to sort out and sort through. I hope that in the near future she will take up her son on his offer to help her set up her own […]
Lifestyle
Miracle Workers
In an effort to step out of my comfort zone and do something good in the process, I’ve decided to finally–yes FINALLY–participate in: Brenda Novak’s Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes. Each year I tell myself that this will be the year I do my first online auction bid. After all, it’s a good […]
Life on the Farm / Spring Harvest
Just thought I’d share some pictures showing what’s happening on our dairy farm right now, so you know this writer has a life besides writing Part of our oat crop is being chopped and put into silage pits such as the one you see here to turn into silage for feed. A tractor pushes up and packs […]
Dash Off A Memoir / Easter Memories
Here’s guest blogger Dorothy Ann Skarles with another installment of Dash Off A Memoir. Did you know that this year two Easters will be on the same day? The Greek Orthodox Easter greets the Christian Easter observance on April 24, 2011. It is unusual that the two fall on the same day (although in 2014, it […]
The Power of Words
I’ve always known that words have power. I’m a writer after all. But I don’t always apply what I know. With the titles of my blog posts, for instance. What a difference a title can make. More importantly, words have power as we use them every day; with our friends and co-workers, with our family, and with the people […]
The Spaces In Between Us
A friend, recently introduced me to award winning singer/songwriters Jan Garett and JD Martin because she thought their song, The Spaces In Between Us, weaved perfectly with the theme of my blog, Enter the Between. When I heard the song for myself, I said, “Yes. Yes. Yes.” For over a year, I’ve been trying to articulate the spirit […]