My New Year has almost always begun with my birthday in August, instead of in January. I love new beginnings, the fall season and fall color...

Photo Credit: Steph Beth Nickel When considering today's topic, the verses that immediately came to mind were Lamentations 3:22-23, ...

At the time it just seemed like an ordinary thing to do - you reach a stage in your life that everyone refers to as retirement. We had no id...

I am in my first dry spell in my twenty-year writing practice.  I have little ideas here and there, but I miss the joy of being driven by a...