Finding my Place

Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the grandchildren’s […]


>Finding my Place

> Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the […]


Finding my Place

Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the grandchildren’s […]


In the Land of the Living

Cadence, Rob, Elaine, and Sawyer Happy Birthday, Rob! Our son-in-law Rob is 30 today. Yesterday, Elaine prepared a lovely party for her husband. Rich and I drove in the rain to San Diego to share in the merrymaking, arriving a bit early to help with last-minute preparations. Thus we had the pleasure of watching the house fill with […]


Sometimes He Says "Not Yet"

The Two-Year Table When Rich and I bought our home, we also, for the first time in our adult lives, bought new furniture chosen specifically for our new house. No more cast-off coffee tables or second-hand sofas for us: finally, in midlife, we would enjoy a home furnished just as we wanted it. We selected most […]