by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 30, 2012 | family, Friendship, writing
Like most writers, I daydream about a writing retreat where I can create for hours, undisturbed by the mundane cares of daily life. I often think could complete a true masterpiece if I only had the time. And the silence. And the space. Wrong. I spent all day Friday...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
I remember when my high school friends and I heard about futuristic telephones with built-in t.v. screens. “That will never happen,” we said. “What if someone called while your hair was in rollers? Or when you were in the bathroom?!” I also...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 22, 2012 | happy endings
People I love have been picking a Word for the Year. I’m impressed by some of their choices, and, frankly, rather intimidated by the thought of choosing a word myself. It seems like sort of a mixture of New Year’s Resolution and prophetic insight. Both...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 15, 2012 | mercy
It has been more than thirty years since I was part of a church where we used song books and sang hymns. Back in the eighties, we decided we were too enlightened for that. It was all overhead projectors and praise choruses complete with clapping, shouting, and the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 10, 2012 | mercy
As I’ve mentioned before, I am directionally challenged. I know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but I’m often surprised to see it doing one of those things in a direction I thought was south. One of the psalmists described the amazing mercy...
