Simple Definition of visionary adjective vi·sion·ary \ˈvi-zhə-ˌner-ē\ : having or showing clear ideas about what should happen or be done in the future Travel plans, business ideas, websites, creative photo shoots, products that need to be invented, you name it… I think about it. Not just think, but I dream and obsess over it. My […]
As each of my kids begin to express an interest in an area, I try my best to gather the tools and supplies needed to put in their hands to see what comes of it. Sometimes it may be a passing phase, or could turn into a career for them. Computers, musical instruments, paints, brushes, […]
Taking plastic wrap off a new journal, is one of my favorite things to do. You know the kind of cellophane film that gets charged with static electricity when you tear it off and it clings to your skin without glue. Inhaling new paper smell as I expose the cream colored surface with college ruled […]
Out of my plastic cup, I sip steaming coffee and I wipe the sleepiness from my eyes. The sky is dark except for one bright planet that is still visible, pinned in the sky over the ocean. I am sitting in my minivan listening to the waves gently roll into the sand. A rhythmic pattern […]
I was a stay at home mom with five kids. One in private school, one in middle school, one in elementary school, one in preschool and a nursing baby attached at the hip. I was in two car pools. I volunteered at two schools. I made home cooked meals for my family seven days a […]
A blast of hot air rolled out of the rental car as I opened the passenger door. Texas heat clung to my skin until the air conditioning cooled the car. Sean and I were giving a ride to our class instructor. We were driving from the Red Roof Inn on i-35 in South Austin to […]
It’s been three years and I still haven’t gotten the hang of it. Here in the south the kids head back to school around the first week of August. Yesterday was the first day of school for many Tybee and Savannah students. This is when everyone announces “Summer’s over!” “What??” I exclaim, “It was 98 […]
Today Sean and I cleaned out the last of anything we had saved in storage here in Virginia. My dad had loaned us a large sea container to store the remnants of our past life that was on the back of his 30 acre property. Each time we would return to Virginia we would grab […]
Sean had just finished his last tune from hosting and playing the weekly open mic night at The Sandbar. It was 2:30 in the morning. As I returned to the front bar from the back room, Sean said he had a surprise for me. I was pretty tired at this point and ready to be […]
Do you ever find that when you talk to someone about an idea you have but has been unclear, suddenly becomes clear? Or a least a few more pieces fall into place. Often times I get a glimpse of an idea, just one piece of a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. A mere fraction of the […]