Apr 12, 2024 | home & family
WE’VE COME TO THE MOUNTAINS for a quick visit, Tim and I, a final Spring hurrah before returning home to await the arrival of our first grandchild. This has been a sweet, sweet time, these anticipatory months filled with joy after joy as we’ve watched our...
Feb 13, 2024 | reading & recs
WHAT A GREAT book year! I have to say I look back at 2023 with gratitude and great admiration for the writers who brought such powerful stories to the page. I’m not one to consider reading a contest or an activity to check off a To-Do list, nevertheless I love...
Jan 19, 2024 | ideas & inspiration
HOW GRATIFYING it can be to look over the past year to consider the things you added to your life that actually worked. I love reading other folks’ lists, and it brings me joy to realize even tiny changes can carry significant weight. I thought I’d share...
Oct 19, 2023 | Creative Living
IT WAS 36 YEARS AGO today that I first hung the shingle of my new little company, C. C. Rigg’s, an advertising studio. I wish I could say I had a big vision, a grand idea, or even a sketch of a business plan that resulted in the firm that’s known today as...
Aug 28, 2023 | nature & awe, birds & bears
AS YOU NO DOUBT know if you’ve been a reader of The Daily Grace for a while, Tim and I spend a great deal of the summer at our beautiful retreat high in the mountains of Western North Carolina. There’s so much to love about our time up there, including the...