Three Things I Learned from the Cloudy Eclipse

by | Aug 21, 2017 | mercy

We live in a 98% zone for the eclipse that happened this week. My husband and I assumed that would be “almost as good” as the total eclipse. We might have been wrong about that. Plus, we had clouds in our little village, so we only got one peek at the...

How to Read More Books This Fall

by | Aug 16, 2017 | mercy

  Reading is magical. We all know it. Even folks who don’t profess to love reading have to admit that nothing else can take us out of the world quite like a book. Movies have their own magic. But that is another post. Books take us on adventures, open our...

A Couple of Things We Need

by | Aug 7, 2017 | mercy

  I’ve decided I need a couple of simple things in my life that will make things so much better. Forever. I’m going to describe them here, because I suspect, Dear Reader, that you have similar needs. The first one requires an inventor. So all you...

Three Ways I Fight the Blues

by | Aug 1, 2017 | mercy

I’m not talking about music here. I’m not a fan of those blues, but I don’t protest them. I’m talking about that edge of depression that sometimes sneaks in at night when I’m sleeping and then waits for me in the kitchen the next morning....