I remember as a young girl my Daddy pointing out the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom comes with age, he said. Well, he finished, it ought… Read more “A Parenting Psalm: Wisdom Prayer for My Children”
Category: Stop and Smell the Flowers
Lessons from My Face
Prompt from Mindfulness: A Journal (Price, 2016) Make a list of ten everyday activities that you find relaxing or soothing–even those as small as calling a friend… Read more “Lessons from My Face”
Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle
When I was in fifth grade at Littleville Elementary School, something magical happened. One day, our teacher announced that the band teacher from the nearby high school… Read more “Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle”
Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana
The cat hated everybody. Everybody, that is, except me. And Sarah, of course–but she had owned Sarah for seventeen years, so that was to be expected. I… Read more “Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana”
Music and Me, Part 1
The blessing and curse of being an academic is that whenever I come across any really interesting “thing”–whether it is an experience, a news story, situation, work of… Read more “Music and Me, Part 1”
Save the Worms
Coastal areas with their sea turtle preserves have nothing on red clay states like Georgia and Alabama. Yesterday morning I was walking Duncan. The sky was just… Read more “Save the Worms”
Just Keep Swimming 