100 Word Challenge: Recluse

September 7, 2016July 1, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 11 Comments

For the past several weeks, I’ve been without a car. Well, that’s not entirely true. I’ve been driving my daughter’s car which has a broken A/C - said broken A/C is the reason I’m driving my daughter’s car. Her dad and I are helping her get it fixed. Not paying for it mind you, but … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Recluse

Out of the Darkness

August 30, 2016 ~ Tara R. ~ 1 Comment

This year my daughter is serving on the Board of Directors for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Florida Panhandle Chapter. The chapter is holding its annual Out of the Darkness Walk on Sept. 24 at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City. If you have been touched by the loss by suicide of a … Continue reading Out of the Darkness

100 Word Challenge: Secret

August 24, 2016July 1, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

Putting my yarn organizing project to good use, I began a scarf I hope to finish in time for my mom for Christmas. Knowing how badly I procrastinate sometimes, she will be lucky to get it for Mother's Day... 2018. Since I'm showing and telling here, it will be a good chance to test if … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Secret

100 Word Challenge: Letter

August 3, 2016July 1, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 12 Comments

I have all these lofty plans to write letters, or send cards on special occasions or phone for no other reason than to hear the voice of the person on the other end of the call. But, I don’t. There is guilt. No excuses are given, no pattern of behavior altered. I’m simply a neglectful … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Letter

Spinning yarns

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 ~ Tara R. ~ 5 Comments

I sit at my great-grandmother’s knee on the porch of her old farmhouse. A tangle of wool sheared from her Cheviots sheep, dyed a bright yellow from sedge grass I gathered last fall, is wound loosely around my hands. She lifts the wool from my outstretched arms, twisting the yarn into a small ball of … Continue reading Spinning yarns

Make the most of your regrets

June 14, 2016April 30, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ Leave a comment

“Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.” ~ Henry David Thoreau During the day, I say, “no regrets, my mistakes helped make me who I am.” Then, at night, I … Continue reading Make the most of your regrets