I started a new job on May 1, and I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to tell you how that’s going. So I thought I’d use today’s post to c...

Abbey Hello, dear readers. I’m feeling a bit out of breath and overwhelmed right now with all the changes going on, but I wanted to...

Chase Bird relaxing in the sun on the enclosed porch. My anxiety is high, and I can’t seem to relax. That’s what I’ve been like for...

This is a view of the main road through Rustburg in December 2013, before the start of the Christmas Parade. How quickly things can...

A photo of Broad Street in Altavista. I think I took this on a Sunday a couple of years ago. I was standing at the library looking down th...

Slower than molasses in winter . That’s what I’ve spent the last two months thinking. What’s moving so slow? The job search process. Or...

Hello, friends. I hope wherever you are, you are safe and warm. This wild winter weather in the U.S. is wreaking a lot of havoc. It has bee...

I haven’t been very active in the blogging world lately, and I apologize for that. I miss you! I thought I was on the road to recovery, b...

Thank you for your kind comments and good thoughts you sent for me last week. Larry and I are feeling better. We got out of the house a lit...

I took this photo out my kitchen window last Monday. The town has been busy scooping up the leaves left at the curbside. They "vacuum...

This was my desk at the end of the workday Tuesday night. Tuesday is layout day at the newspaper. Here’s the basic process: I...

Note: I also shared this on my editing website, with a few changes, HERE . I wanted to share my experience with this extraordinary st...

Happy Friday! I’m joining Random 5 Friday, a wonderful meme started by and coordinated by Nancy of A Rural Journal . One ...

"Gold, Green, Red" I spent part of this past weekend working on a project that I’ve been thinking about and talking about...

It was one of the scariest days of my life. It was my first day of teaching English. I was 22 years old, and I had a classroom full of 18...