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A New Week, a new beginning

Mondays always give me hope. At least I feel that way when I don't face a job I can't stand. In that respect unemployment has light...

I recently discussed 'killing your darlings' with another writer. Seems that us writers have favorites and cling to them even when t...

Today's moon is a waning gibbous, which means more than half, less than whole. Basically, the moon has a hump back. This may be the cau...

Turn 50 and your perspective takes a quick 180. Suddenly you see how much life is behind you, and how little is before you. Between those tw...

Whether it was nesting instinct, restless boredom, or too much HGTV , I felt the need to rearrange furniture yesterday. We 'downsized...

I'm a fan of trivia and useless information. So when I happened upon Don Voorhees' The Book of Totally Useless Information -- I was...

Have you seen the car commercial based on "Duh"? Innovative use of a word that usually takes a negative connotation. Still, it i...

It seemed like an easy enough project. Just screw the container of weed and feed onto the end of the hose and spray the lawn. No big deal. A...

When I head to quilt shows, it is with such anticipation of what I'll see and learn there. I have yet to get to the American Quilt Show ...

A gifted writing friend, Ann Hite, wrote in her blog : "If you want peace, be peace." She picked it up somewhere in her reading an...

Ahhh the writing life. Every day dawns bright with opportunity. So many of us put our butts in the chairs every day and put words on pages....

Jamie Lee Curtis says, in an interview for Ladies Home Journal's July 2007 issue, that she regrets contributing to the focus on the obs...

D errol's an anti-holiday kind of guy unless you're talking the biggies like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. Those he embraces w...

We, my husband and I, moved into our little house in Florida in December, 2004, following a record breaking year for hurricanes . We hunted ...

T imes have certainly changed. Young and old have embraced blackberries, Ipods, cell phones that do everything including phone calls, and wi...

In a previous blog I mentioned my delight in a turn of phrase, new perspectives and book discussions -- among other things. But books and wr...

In the Midwest we had Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter seasons. In rural areas we also had planting and harvest seasons. But down here in Flo...

by Dawn Goldsmith Deadlines, errands, cleaning, cooking -- all vie for my attention along with the people I love, work, pray, live, and comm...

Maybe it was the homegrown vegetables that triggered my taste buds. Maybe it was my cousin's email telling about visiting a U-Pick straw...

It takes so little to make us happy. After returning to work following a refreshing holiday, we came home to fix a simple meal and relax. Wi...