The older I get the more I appreciate the winter solstice. I love that it arrives so early in winter and offers us such a consistent example of hope. Before we even get a chance to get frustrated by the ice and wind, we already know it won't last. The temperature may dip low, but [...]
I like to imagine all the evening’s beauty and all the day’s promise come together in the magic moments when the moon and the sun share the sky. One rises and the other dips and they meet in a glorious curtsey that sends waves of brilliant color across the sky. And, even on those mornings [...]
Yesterday, I got to thinking about how friendships are like the sun and how the best days combine them both. One warms you from the outside and the other from within. It’s easy to celebrate them on gorgeous summer days, when the lake shimmers and glasses clink and laughter floats easily under clear starry skies. [...]
If the darkest hour is just before dawn, it's also the sweetest. Most days I unwrap it with great anticipation, like a piece of fine chocolate. Generally, I have the place to myself when I rise before dawn; I get to sip a little tea and watch the sun stretch its golden streaks of optimism [...]
On a day we saw the sun rise on one Florida coast and set on the other, we celebrated the birthday of one family member and learned of the death of a very good man. The symbolism struck me and, though they weren't the most spectacular sunrises and sunsets I've seen, they were the most [...]