It was one of ‘those’ nights. I fell asleep too early and I was wide awake at 11 – the best thing for me to do when that happens is get out of bed, grab my Kindle and head for the living room and my chair. Shawl myself with the most delicious throw I found… [Read More]
Kate Motaung
Five Minute Friday: TRY
Okay, so what is it in the summer that closes my eyes at 9 p.m. Is it summertime or over-sixty-syndrome!!! But I do get up early – so that counts, right? Yesterday morning it was 3 a.m. Today I slept in…5 a.m. Five is the magic number on Friday’s because it’s FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY with… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: INSPIRE
A habit seems to be forming! No Five Minute Friday party and up early on Friday morning to take the challenge. One word. Five minutes. Kate Motaung said… 00:00 What inspires me? This calls for a list. My daughter’s ability to allow criticism and negativity to roll off her spirit and to choose joy in… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: COLLECT
The Five Minute Friday tribe is holding a retreat this weekend somewhere in Kansas City – Kate and her planning committee have worked hard and I do hope they all have an awesome time. They are collecting good memories. Today, we write on… 00:00 I live with a collector. He collects a lot of stuff…. [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: COMFORT
Last night I dropped in on Kate Motaung and the Five Minute Friday Twitter party to say hello. I didn’t stay but a moment – by scanning the screen I could see that Kate was traveling as well as several others. There were a few new names, although I didn’t stick around to introduce myself…. [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: PLAY!
No party. No FMF dreams. But Kate did say a fun word last night… 00:00 What a great word for the best week of the summer! I do like the week of 4th of July. Seems long and stretched out like the long, warm, languishing days of summer. You know, those lazy, hazy, crazy days… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Blessing
No Five Minute Friday party for me last night but I did dream about Kate Motaung and Kristin Hill Taylor — and we were actually discussing FMF – does that count? We were talking about bringing something back and Kristin and I looked at Kate and at the same exact time we said, “Return.” But,… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Steady
No Twitter, no party, nothing but sleep for me last night and early! Before it was even dark:thirty. BUT, in the early hours of morning, before the sun broke through the clouds I had a dream. And, I dreamed about Tara and Anita and some of the nurses at Nonnatus House (Call the Midwife) and… [Read More]