Welcome
Fond greetings to the many people who have visited this website in the past and to you, if this is your first chance to stop by. It is a pleasure to make new friends who share a love for the craft of writing and/or the character of heritage barns. Kindred spirits keep in touch across state and international borders. (visit also my second website, www.barnlady1.com.)
An old expression says “The shoemaker’s kids go barefoot.” Well, for several months, this professional communicator’s website didn’t communicate any new material, so to speak either. I apologize for that and will be a lot more attentive so friends will want to visit more often. Come on in now, if you have a moment. Contact me. I’d like to know your thoughts about what you find here.
We can work to make a living or we can work to make a life. If we’re fortunate, we accomplish both. Life is so short and everything can change in a heartbeat. How important it is to make the moments of our lives count and to enrich our lives with relationships and work that nurtures self-worth rather than deplete it.
Make your life matter. Live well.
A Time to Heal
More than a year has passed since I last wrote a column. Faithful readers have sought to know why I’ve not been writing and continue to comment on particular themes explored or sentiments expressed that have stayed with them. (Thank you.)
Often mentioned were columns reflecting on time savored at a simple cottage beside a lovely lake in the Upper Peninsula. You said my words made you feel as if you were there or helped you appreciate the importance of the natural world in restoring inner balance.