S.E. Laughter

When I attended graduate school, I was fortunate enough to rent a small, affordable, cabin along a river. The abode was rudimentary at best, though functional. It sat on a hill on the corner or two roads and had no yard to speak of.  On most accounts it was dreary and undesirable, except for two features. The wrap-around porch being …

Have you ever taken a risk? Faced something you’re afraid of? We all have, though some more than others. And whether it’s going skydiving or talking to someone you don’t know, it takes courage. I know when I steel myself and face those fears by taking a risk, I feel invincible, like I could take on the world. I am …

Some of you may have noticed I haven’t been posting the last few weeks.  This time of year is the busiest time for my real world job.  I had great intentions – writing chapters well ahead of what has been published as well as choosing who would be the featured authors to get me through.  But, as happens more times …

Happy New Year! Did you know that thousands of years ago, mid-autumn (or Summer’s End) was the time of the original New Year’s Eve?  That’s right, the first calendars were based on the cycles of the moon, not the sun, as are calendars of today.  There were thirteen twenty-eight-day months.  The full moon of the thirteenth month fell around the …

Under a blanket of stars and bundled in coats and hats to protect us from the chill, we celebrate in an open field.  Notes of hay and horses mingle with the scent of wood smoke from the fire.  Laughter rises on the breeze in the night along with our congenial chatter.  Finally, it’s time to walk, one by one, around …