“When you are out of willpower, you call on stubbornness. That’s the trick. ~Henri Matisse Thanksgiving is over and now we head into the Christmas season. I hope that everyone had a good meal and time with family and friends. For the first time in over a year, my husband had four days off from […]
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“All creation is one. What we do to one, we do to the entire web of life.” ~ Chief Seattle Subscribers! Be watching your inboxes for a November Newsletter from THCountzWrites! Blog Archive SOTW Archive Become a Patron
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“When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” ~ William Shakespeare Perkerson Park is a 50-acre park in Atlanta. I have never been there in person, but thanks to my good friends, Prentice, and Mary Ann, I feel that I have. The park now has a golf course and
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“Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue.” ~ Andy Stanley If you have ever attended a Protestant church service, you have heard about the Holy Trinity. I suspect if you aren’t a Protestant, you’ve heard the term elsewhere. In the Episcopal faith, we mention the Trinity during our services. We close
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” ~ James Allen My last blog was HEAVY…as was my energy. Since then, the Tampa Bay area prepares for Idalia while the south continues a 3-digit heatwave. Friends are going through major life issues. 2024 is an
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” ~ Rachel Wolchin Happy Anniversary to us! As I write this, it is Sunday, July 2. Exactly ten years ago on this day Caston and I left Nashville in a U-Haul and our car, along with our two pups headed
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“Good ideas, like good pickles, are crisp, enduring, and devilishly hard to make.” ~ Rushworth Kidder I spent the last week in a pickle. A pickle jar, rather. For the first time in a very long time, I am experiencing what a writer calls a ‘writer’s block.’ Call it nerves, the loss of our Lulu,
Photo by Barbara M. Johnson “If you want to understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” ~ William Faulkner Home sweet home. I was born in the small town of Columbia, Mississippi. My family lived thirteen miles outside of Columbia in the community of Improve. It was the best place to
Give Me a Break Remember the sitcom, “Give Me a Break” with Neil Carter? If you are behind on your reading on THCountzWrites, May is a great time to play catch up! There will be no new content on Tuesday or Friday during the month of May. The old typewriter in the photo was discovered
May is for mothers, daughters, and The Red Chair. Hello, all! I hope this finds you well. If not, I pray you have a ray of hope shining on the horizon. “We live in anxious times.” These are the words of a dear friend. We were chatting over the weekend, and she admitted that she
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