Inspired by “Wonder Woman”

True confession.  I cried during “Wonder Woman”. This was strange to me for several reasons.  One is that I typically don’t cry easily at things like movies or TV shows (although this has changed more recently.  I blame menopause and watching “This is Us” last...

Luke Maye and My Car

If you follow sports at all and especially college basketball, you have most likely heard about Luke Maye this week.  He made the winning shot in the UNC vs. UK game on Sunday, sending Carolina to the Final Four with another chance to play for NCAA Championship this...

Hidden Figures

On a recent Friday night, I finally went to see the movie “Hidden Figures”.  If you aren’t familiar with the movie, it’s about three brilliant African-American women who worked as mathematicians at NASA in the 1960’s and were a vital part of helping get John Glenn...

A Woman of Faith

When you think of heroes of the faith in the Old Testament, who comes to mind?  Abraham (my personal fave)?  Moses?  Elijah?  David? What about women heroes?  Ruth?  Deborah?  Rahab? Rahab?  You mean Rahab the harlot? If you had asked me a couple of months ago if I...

Being Rooted

If you follow this blog at all, you know I have a crazy yard that I spend my free weekends working to slowly improve.  There’s always something new and unexpected happening that keeps me on my toes. One of those recent unexpected things was when a small tree fell over...