by skimhenson | Feb 14, 2011 | waiting, writing words to live by
Writing and waiting are spelled differently by only one letter, which I didn’t notice until the day I sloppily wrote “writing” in all caps on a wrinkled piece of paper. When I glanced back at the note, the R looked like an A. Interesting, huh? Maybe...
by skimhenson | Feb 8, 2011 | acceptance
If my husband’s nose ever grows, it’ll be on a rainy day. And I’m not even sure why he lies, but he does. Sure as it was raining outside, he sat on our couch and said, “I really don’t mind the rain. I mean, I kind of like it. Except when it’s cold or really wet.”...
by skimhenson | Jan 31, 2011 | awareness and action, food
In our grocer’s bakery section, displayed in a glass along with other sweets, is the coast’s version of a Covered Wagon, a chocolate dessert only available, as far as we know, at McFarlan’s Bake Shop in Hendersonville, N.C. The local knockoff is a close...
by skimhenson | Jan 28, 2011 | funny ones, life improvement
Play on Saturday with Jeanie. It was an odd entry on my to-do list. The list that runs down the length of my desk. Onto the floor. Curls past my office door and into the hallway. It’s long. Just then, while thinking about the length of my list, I remembered that...
by skimhenson | Jan 21, 2011 | balance
The conversation went something like this … Me: If it sounds like birds under my hood, what could it be? Spouse: I don’t know. Me: So, is it okay to drive it? Spouse: Probably. Me: There wouldn’t really be birds under there. I’d hate to…well, you know. Spouse:...