Feathers All Around
IT HAS BEEN a long time since I have experienced such a surround of feathers. Unexpected though they always are, it is a phenomenon that began for me in 2011, in the last months of my mother's life. Walking that difficult road with someone you love is hard, deeply...
Ways to Cope During Social Distancing
THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY, and also nothing to say, about the feels we're all experiencing during this scary, awful pandemic. It reminds me of a recurring dream I've had for years in which I'm standing silent as I watch a Tsunami approach. Typically in the dream I am...
This is a (mostly) true story.
THE OTHER NIGHT, not long after Tim had gone to bed but long enough for him to be soundly asleep (60 seconds give or take)--I tiptoed in to join him. My own teeth brushed, my face washed and layer upon layer of promised youth moisturizer applied, I slipped between the...
What worked for me in 2019
In my newsletter, Grace Notes, I mentioned what joy, and grounding, I found in working through Laura Tremaine's 10 Questions for the End of the Year. I loved it so much I bought a new Leuchtturm1917 Journal specifically for that purpose. I've continued to work on my...
Waiting. (Which has resulted in, quite possibly, the worst New Year’s blog post ever.)
AND SO IT IS a new month, in a new year, in a new decade*. It is a season that has found my soul unusually quiet, unusually uninspired. I have not made a list of resolutions, for one. Nor have I made the counter list "Things From Last Year I Am Proud Of," ** an idea...
Moments such as these.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO a writer and blogger I adore, Hannah Brencher, wrote a beautiful post about the pressure she feels in our inevitable rush to Christmas. It's a topic that is neither shocking nor eye-opening--I'll bet you've felt the pounding heart, as well, as we...
with thanksgiving
We'd planned it for a while, this trip to the mountains for Thanksgiving week, and we both knew it would do our souls well. It always does. There is a sweet gravity in these hills that anchors me, that sets my feet on solid ground and holds them there, working as a...
Hi. I’m Cathy.
This is a blog about writing, creative living, and grace in the everyday. It’s my hope this little spot on the internet will be for you a place of quiet and reflection, a source for inspiration, and a reminder there’s beauty all around—we simply need to keep our hearts open to see it. Thank you for being here with me.