My First Memory: A Hand Me Down Tale

Posted on February 24, 2021     2 Comments

I remember the feel of the microphone in my hand. The slick cool feel of the handle. The long fat black cord wrapped through the fingers of my left hand as I bring the mic to my face. I tentatively raise the mic against my lips and begin in a whisper, “This little light of […]

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Anchoring Forward

Posted on February 19, 2021     Leave a Comment

Being a land-locked Kentucky girl, I don’t do a lot of sailing, so when I heard the term “kedge anchor” yesterday, I was lost. Turns out a kedge anchor is a light anchor that has a few different uses, one being to change the direction of a boat. Apparently, when a sailboat doesn’t have wind, […]

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Ashes to Ashes

Posted on February 17, 2021     Leave a Comment

In the midst of all that has been lost, I journey to the wilderness for 40 days reflecting, mourning, and waiting; sitting in the ashes of what was longing only for what will be. I don’t want the wilderness, not again. Not while the smoke is rising from the ashes of lies told, lives lost, […]

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Distilling the Divine

Posted on October 19, 2020     Leave a Comment

Being a born and bred Kentucky girl, I know a little something about bourbon. I’ve visited a few distilleries in my time and learned about the process of producing as well as the proper tasting of this caramel-colored nectar of the Bluegrass. When something is distilled, it’s boiled down to its essence. All of the […]

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