New Year’s Eve: A Reflection

I cannot believe my wall calendar, with its alert, perky brindle-haired Chihuahua looking up at me, had the nerve to tell me that today is December 31st. What? NO, NO, NO. It can’t be. I feel like I was just bathing suit shopping for the Spring last week. Only a few days ago, I was…

The Beauty of Silence

One of the things I marveled about during my hot air balloon ride last month was the weight and the power silence can have. There were sixteen people in my carriage, all chattering away, and it wasn’t until we were thousands of feet off the ground that people noticed it. The stillness. True, utter silence.…