Are you ever afraid? That deep shudder in your soul, where you feel like someone else has taken over your body and you don't know where you are. It certainly brings you up short and makes you rethink, well... everything! There are times when that moment changes your life. If that's happened to you, think of it as a gift. Without that momentary fear, you might have done something stupid or reckless. It may have saved your life! Life lessons are jewels. They may seem rough and unexemplary but over time they take on a life of their own and may become a guidepost .. not to mention a great story to ..read more

I married my best friend. We didn't have a plan and we had no idea what we were doing. We just did it! Sometimes not having a plan works..... sometimes it doesn't. Do all of the plans you make work exactly like you planned them or do your plans frequently fall apart because of serendipity? Fate and chance are funny things. I think that you make your own chances and that fate can trip you up .... or it can help you out. You have to trust your instincts and believe in yourself, and your partner, and take that leap of faith. These artists have taken that leap and created a place for themselves an ..read more

I love to travel. I love the feel of the road. I love the air and the smells of new places... well, mostly...I love the sense of adventure and the scenery of new places. The discovery of uniqueness along the way. Travel broadens your horizons both physically and mentally. Meeting new people with different cultures, beliefs and opinions is a wonderful eye opener for me. I love to hear what people are thinking, what they're reading and watching. Mostly, I love the smells! The peat fires in Ireland. The smell of hot sage in the West. The smell of must and dampness in England and Scotland. The sme ..read more

Are rainbows really proof of anything except the magic of light, prisms and reflection? In Ireland you'll see multiple rainbows on endless days of mist and rain and sun. The promise is really simple! There is life. There will always be life as long as there are rainbows and the earth exists. What more do you really need? Take your life and create color and beauty and hope. Live fully and richly with no promise of tomorrow and no regrets about the past. Make it beautiful, like a rainbow and glory in the diversity of the light spectrum. We are all one, under the rainbow, below the sun! Each of o ..read more

Do you look at the world through rose colored glasses? Is it possible to have too much love or too much hope? I think that the more love we give, the more love that grows and the better we feel about ourselves and our lives, the happier we, and all the people around us, are! That's what I think.... but it doesn't really matter what I think. What really matters is what I do.. or you do.. or the people around us do. Love feeds love and when love is starving it leaves space for hate. It's too easy to give into hate when you're starving for love. I say let's feed the world love and let's do it thr ..read more

Are you in love? Have you ever been in love? In love so bad that your teeth hurt when that person comes around? Okay ... maybe other things besides your teeth ... but you know what I mean. Is that real love or just craving? Real love is always there in your heart, your mind, your soul ... in the things you do day by day.. in the way you act and the things you say. Even when you're angry with that person, you're still in love... just not right at that very moment! It makes life sweeter. Love is that thing that makes you want to be with your best friend. That means you always have something to t ..read more

Being different isn't a bad thing! As a matter of fact, many of those "different people" have changed the world. Looking at the world through a different lens sometimes makes the colors brighter or sharpens the images or simply gives you a alternate perspective! The world would be mighty bland if we were all alike. Innovations and the innovators have helped make the world a better place. Appreciating all of the colors, differences of culture, differences of opinion, languages, art and geography around the globe and even in our back yard makes for a better society. A society that celebrates our ..read more

We all make choices every day! We have the right to choose the way we operate in our world… as long as we don't hurt others, infringe on their rights and their choices and respect ourselves and everyone else. We live and die by those choices and are responsible for the consequences of them. Why do we think that others should live their lives based on the choices we make for ourselves? Who died and made us God? These songs reflect many choices that are made by people every day… Addiction, homelessness, love and rejecting love… some of those aren't so much choices as ramifications of our choices ..read more

There is always tomorrow! Every day is a gift that offers the possibility of change and hope. It's a brand new day with not one smudge on it and it's yours to do with as you wish. Many people have hardships and sorrows that are hard to put behind us but watch how hard many of them work to do just that while the "privileged" of us moan about it. You are the captain of your own ship and you make decisions that will affect you every day. Some people make bad decisions and those decisions seem to compound but you can break that string of hardship if you really want to. It takes willpower and somet ..read more

They call me Pollyanna .... for those of you too young to remember, Pollyanna was the girl who believed that horse manure in her stocking meant she was getting a pony ... more or less! Except that I can be a little more realistic. Sort of... I believe that people are intrinsically good and will do the right thing... in most cases! Are you the eternal pessimist or the eternal optimist? Do you feel like you need someone to "guide" you in the right direction or do you have an innate sense of right and wrong? I say, most of us know what we should and shouldn't do and how we should treat others. Se ..read more