June 27th, 2010
Posted by Gayle
These are the hills Ron calls home. Looking at them together brought a quiet “ageless” moment of awe.
Sometimes the best remedy for an age gap is just breathing and being… together.
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June 27th, 2010
Posted by Gayle
These are the hills Ron calls home. Looking at them together brought a quiet “ageless” moment of awe.
Sometimes the best remedy for an age gap is just breathing and being… together.
A mobile post from the Berry!
January 26th, 2010
Posted by Gayle
“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”
– Dr. Joyce Brothers
This is sooooo true! Some of my biggest regrets have come right after not doing what my gut told me I should. I have no idea what building this is. All I know is I was in Paris and the sun was setting. Instinct told me the light was perfect for a great shot. I looked around and my camera’s lens found this building. It’s one of my all time favorite photographs and it exists solely because I acted on a hunch. No trained photographer here. Just an amateur in Paris with the right light! Let’s face it, when Paris is your canvas, it’s hard to go wrong.
June 11th, 2009
Get a Generator!
(Posted by Gayle)
That’s the water rushing out of our backyard and our neighbor’s yard. We’ve had better days here in Dallas and we’ve had worse. We are among the quarter of a million people who lost power during last night’s storms. We’re at 21 hours and counting with no electricity. It gives being “powerless” a whole new meaning! Our nerves frayed and the stress levels in our household soared as we realized our situation wasn’t going to be remedied quickly (there are indeed drawbacks to working at home.)
Ron managed to snatch the last gasoline powered generator off the shelves at the local Home Depot. Thankfully no food is spoiling, we have WIFI, and the window unit air conditioner we have in bedroom is keeping us cool tonight. We have it better than so many other folks here many of whom are in hotels, staying with family, or shelters tonight.
There were moments during in the day when we came close to losing our cool with each other. Here’s how we survived.
But mostly tonight we are counting our blessings. Ron’s ingenuity and tireless efforts in caring for “this old house” are at the top of my list.
Update: at 9 am this morning, TXU said “let there be light” and there was light. Whew…..
May 26th, 2009
I dare you… make that a double dare… to take the word “love” completely out of your vocabulary this week. I’ve got a bone to pick with that word and I’m taking a break from it. I don’t know what the heck it means. Yes – you heard me right. Straight from the horses “fingers” (so to speak). I don’t know what the word loves means and going to the dictionary is of no use to me either.
I have visions of using the word “love” in a high school English paper and finding red marks all of the graded specimen. Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2009
Going downhill is supposed to be the easy part.
(Posted by Gayle)
I was hiking down a rocky mountain path. Going down is supposed to be the easy part. As a matter of fact, I hiked up the mountain with the intention of leaving something at the top. I carried my need for perfection and the inevitable self punishment that goes with it up the mountain. I lived the majority of my life battling those traits. So I got to the top of one of the tallest peaks in Yellowstone and spent time at 10,000+ feet letting go. I reviewed many of my choices in life.
My successes came with a cost. Read the rest of this entry »