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Every Good Day 31: New Babies

While I wasn’t paying attention, my rosemary plant had babies. Twins.

Through yet another of nature’s miracles, rosemary is one of many plants that can propagate by a process known as layering, wherein the stems of an existing and established plant are bent down until they are able to root themselves in the soil, [...]

Every Good Day 30: Sean Penn Gives me Hope

I never really paid much attention to Oprah’s OWN Network until a few weeks ago when I saw advertisements for some interviews that seemed interesting. OWN isn’t part of my television package regularly but for the second time in a few months my programming provider has offered a free preview for the month. Quite by [...]

Every Good Day 29: Scooby Doo, Wonder Woman & My Real Sister

32 31* years and 364 days ago I had two sisters. Okay, they were sisters by marriage, so technically I should refer to them by the clunky and altogether hurtful “step-sisters” but even though my mother and their father ended their marriage years ago, I had two sisters.

Our life was far from perfect [...]

Every Good Day 28: The Quiet Stillness of 3am

For reasons unbeknownst to me, I awoke in the wee hours of morning with my mind racing over the dozens of items still on my to-do list. I couldn’t shake it after 45 minutes of trying and crawled out of my warm bed at 3:00 am.

The house is so quiet. The only sounds of [...]

Every Good Day 27: Compost

I am one of the oddest people I know. I prefer a simple life and I don’t require or desire much in the way of things. In every aspect of my life I try to find ways to spend less money and to improve the quality of my life without increasing the expenses along with [...]