Author Archives: beeconcise

A few days ago a huge fat robin flew into the grapevines on the trellis outside of my office window, long enough for me to want to get my camera, but not long enough for me to go get it. … Continue reading →

Oh, my ~ How I wait for Christmas each year, not for the tree or the presents, but to hear from people I love and don’t see very often ~ wanting to connect with each one once again. All over … Continue reading →

It’s amazing to me how quickly I am unstrung when my organizational skills let me down, like this morning. When I can’t put my hand on my Passwords folder. Or when I don’t remember a password I use often, like … Continue reading →

I’ve always wished I could be thinner, even when I weighed less than 100 lbs. Then out of the blue I suffered a stroke one frosty January morning as I was trying on new clothes ordered from Cold Water Creek. … Continue reading →

This morning I took a picture of a bowl of rocks on our breakfast table. My rocks sit in a vintage glass bowl that belonged to my mother, who has just moved to an assisted living facility and no longer … Continue reading →

This morning for some reason I climbed out of my warm, snuggly bed at 4:00 a.m., and decided this was the day and the time that I should make up the bed in the upstairs guest room, and then exchange … Continue reading →

Yesterday my mother, all moved into her new assisted living facility, has decided that with three wonderful meals provided each day, she no longer needs her old recipe box. It’s a scratched old and red tin box that probably once … Continue reading →

It’s 5:30 a.m. and I’ve been awake since 3. My daughter, Allison, son-in-law, Chris and Asher, the WCG (World’s Cutest Grandson), are leaving early this morning to fly back to their home in Georgia. I remember from being a military … Continue reading →

Is this how life happens? One day you’re home, at peace, having a hummingbird morning, or driving home from a Yoga class and counting bird nests on the way, when all of a sudden your life blows up in your … Continue reading →

It happened so quickly, one day this past week. It was early, before the rest of the neighborhood was awake, and I’d just opened the vertical blinds on the sliding glass door at the breakfast table. And then I saw … Continue reading →