• Monday Thought: Spurgeon

    Monday Thought: Spurgeon

    Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have…

  • Palm Tree Sunset

    Palm Tree Sunset

  • Breaking Waves

    Breaking Waves

    The amazing Atlantic Ocean! Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

  • 1st Flights Post-COVID? Inconsistent. But So Is Everything.

    1st Flights Post-COVID? Inconsistent. But So Is Everything.

    After rescheduling a trip to see my daughter three times since COVID hit, I finally traveled the first week of July. I was on four separate flights, all with American Airlines. As a result of only using one airline, obviously my testimony here is limited. Many people were surprised to…

  • Aerial Views

    Aerial Views

    Images: Tales from the Mama Duck

  • 5 Days. 4 Nights. No Phone.

    5 Days. 4 Nights. No Phone.

    For the first time ever, I decided to use a random passcode for my phone. Let me first say that I’ve only recently even started to use a passcode. I often leave my phone on my desk at work and colleagues have begun wandering in while I’m not in my…

  • Impromptu Bonfire🔥

    Impromptu Bonfire🔥

    When I arrived home after an 11-hour day at work last week, my husband was burning wood he had recently chopped in the back of our land. The fire looked so inviting, I ate dinner, went back outside and sat by the flames, still in my work clothes. My oldest…

  • Wordless Wednesday

    Wordless Wednesday

  • Empty and Barren. Full and Bountiful.

    Empty and Barren. Full and Bountiful.

    During a recent walk at the park, I stopped to stare at these trees, contemplating how the two different trees reflect people’s lives. Or, at least resemble differing seasons in their lives. One person can be the empty, impoverished, stark tree – yet, they work, travel, parent and operate in…

  • Lily of the Valley

    Lily of the Valley

    Normally, I’m not appreciative enough of our Lily of the Valley. This year, for no reason in particular, I’ve really been enjoying it. It’s a sizable patch located outside our back door and the joke at my house is, “you can’t kill it”. I’ve tried. The section of the Lily…