by Olivia | Dec 16, 2021 | Books in Process, Tree of Life, Uncategorized
Thank you for your encouragement to bring this book into being! Now That I Know You happened because so many of you took the time to drop me an email or a message on Facebook asking when the next book in the Tree of Life series would come out. Your enthusiasm stirred...
by Olivia | Jun 30, 2021 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I don’t know about where you live, but where I live, it seemed like we waited an unfair length of time this year to truly get past that last blast of winter. Some of my flowers paid the price. We had the promises of spring, the onslaught of more winter, rinse...
by Olivia | Apr 17, 2021 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Lately in the mornings, when I come downstairs and push open the living room curtains to greet the day, I realize an instant too late that chickadees or sparrows or wrens or even an occasional grosbeak were breakfasting at the feeder outside the picture window, and my...
by Olivia | Mar 11, 2021 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
This is my peace lily. It lives just outside my office. I wish I had a better picture. But it’s been blooming for quite some time and it’s about to be finished for this time around, so it looks bedraggled. (True confession: I am also not a very good...
by Olivia | Feb 1, 2021 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
A few years ago I wrote a post about how my mother’s advice about New Year’s resolutions was that, “A year is a very long commitment. I think I’ll just start with tomorrow.” I remind myself of that often when I feel overwhelmed of my own expectations for myself. I...
