“POOR MARCH. It is the homeliest month of the year. Most of it is mud, every imaginable form of mud, and what isn’t mud in March is ugly...

"What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution." -Jessica Zafra The current chief pastime among family and...

“Beauty, strength, and youth are flowers but fading; Duty, faith, and love are roots and ever green.” – George Peele As February flees,...

“The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can...

“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.”-- Sue Monk Kidd Several...

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." -Desmond Tutu We have experienced dark days this past year,...

"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. The loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something...

”It’s New Year’s Day Hurray! Hurray! The old year’s past and gone away. We’ll raise our glasses and make a toast, because this Now and...

I first met Julie Riker in June 2011 when I was the Master Artist and Mentor for the Artists Colony at the Gettysburg Arts Festival....

"Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity." – Jim Rohn We are approaching nine...