Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Bigger and better comes with a price

    I read the announcement in the newspaper and took particular interest in the location -- the fire station close to my house. Perfect. Motivated partly by proximity, I decided to go. When Saturday morning came, I headed to the station about 15 minutes from my house. 

    I drove down country roads through lovely scenery, sharing the road with only a few other cars, if any. I pulled into the gravel driveway and went in to find a small group of friendly writers at a table. I sat down; introductions were made; they seemed to know each other; they welcomed me. We talked about our writing passion. We shared past writing experiences and our expectations of the club. This is heaven, I thought. I left inspired and grateful. 

Surviving the storms of life

       I found an old bucket in the woods and planted a mum in it. Over the years, the roots of this plant have been buried under snow, froz...