Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

No particular reason  My heart lies heavy.  Brimming unidentified sadness  A yearning for calmer breath  The dog snores nearby  Assuring the...

 as a preface: I misread the prompt word. I am going to share what I wrote anyway:  Using the word: belong I asked my daughter-in-law the f...

 I deleted half of a post for the today 's word prompt; present, well yesterdays prompt i guess. I had meditated on the different meani...

We Americans use the season, the Thanksgiving to ponder and share our gratitude and appreciation for the blessings in our lives. We celebrat...

  Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.  Psalm 14:13 NEV “It was the best of times, it was the worst ...

 Cancel  My deep debt of sin has been canceled. Of that I am sure. Many words could be written concerning that glorious truth. I am struggli...

Many words have been written and spoken in reference to the recent presidential election. I guess I do not feel a pressing need to add or su...

   I have been thinking about this prompt, thinking, not writing. I’m not sure if I can resist some minor editing. But I will try.   The yea...

 Seems difficult to write the word “disappoint.”  Disappointing.  Disappointed. Would fit more easily into a sentence. To disappoint; indica...

   Rainy Days and Monday’s     What is it about mondays? A song from the past. Deep past.  Wanders and weaves through the mind.  Thinking ba...

Quite a day so it was.  Minutes from sleep, I Ponder the hours. Each distinct  From another.  Up  down.. Fearing the  Low place would overco...

 Abandoned by man Wandering alone  The heart  hemorrhaging  Light all but gone Emptiness surrounds  A soul abused  And yet golden rays  Edge...

Doing what comes next The next day Next week Next minute All blur Decisions. Chores. Errands. Appointments. Phone calls. Endless. End...

Grain, Pain, and Singing in the Rain. Many years title of the consistent, not consistent attempts at my keeping a blog; a journal of sorts....

So yea, its been a while. Over a year, pretty much a year and a half. Since I wrote anything but a check. It took several hours and a a fe...

What’s on my mind? Sitting in my office attempting “quiet time”, my philodendron caught my eye. Morning skies dark and bleak gave ...

"Where have all the flowers gone?" Nah. Coming up with some pithy quote to excuse away the months that have passed. Empty. Days. W...

So my cookies are messed up and it took me best part of an hour to get this far. I am not even sure if I can publish. The new computer has n...

Its quiet.  I'm alone. Dishwasher is running. Washing machine is running. I brushed the crumbs off the counters; floors always need ...