"if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there...

Getting down low, eye-to-eye with your beauties, literally changes your perspective. Get a chair or a blanket and pull up as close as you pr...

Brad and I were taking our evening walk around the neighborhood. Almost home, I stopped because there was an unusual hissing noise coming fr...

Watched this documentary produced by Morgan Spurlock (SuperSize Me) about Reverend Billy , who spent the month before Christmas driving fro...

If you want to change your relationship with your partner, in a positive way, start walking together daily. Have a regular appointment and a...

I'm a slow waker. On purpose. I love that dreamy half wake morning feeling and I prolong it as much as possible. I'm not in a bad mo...

Reading , originally uploaded by c8mills . If you want to kill all desire to read, become an English major. I did not read a book for...

For the last few years, as I walk, drive, shower, clean, whatever, I repeat this phrase in my head over and over: I am young, I am strong, I...

My one little word for the year, not a big resolution, not a life goal…just a little word. Focus, not only because I got a new camera fo...

Well, exactly one year ago today, I woke up, turned on the laptop, and started this blog for absolutely no reason. What did I think that I h...

Dave Alvin , originally uploaded by c8mills . I am thrilled to death! Yesterday someone named Bruce Andersen contacted me and said he...

Ever since high school, when I read Carrie , before anyone knew who Stephen King was, I have hated horror stuff. Shortly after I read the bo...

I read that Reno has one of the worst records for helping their homeless population. That makes sense to me; Reno is sort of this reckless...

Hanging Berries , originally uploaded by c8mills . Today I am 48. I think it’s important to acknowledge and accept this and look at m...

So, now, I have a dilemma. I had another fabulous weekend, the kind that leaves you on Sunday evening with your heart expanded, all full and...

The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating you...

First, I am so grateful to have known Bill so well. He enriched our lives in so many ways, including being a great grandfather to my childre...

Someone recently offered to give me a new cd of a band that I have never heard of. And I honestly thought to myself, “I don’t need anymore ...

This morning I discovered Katie, The Scrapbook Lady through Ali Edwards . Last December Katie wrote about her monthly roundup. I really lik...

I found the colorful, encouraging world of SARK years ago. At the time she had published several books that suddenly hit me full force when...