I am presently sitting at the very spot in the very chair where JK Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book and I am unashamedly acting as giddy as a schoolgirl! Perched in the back corner of The Elephant House in Edinburgh, I am sipping a divine Americano across from my beloved, as we wait for our breakfast order to be served by a lovely young girl named, Angel. It's absolutely heavenly! I’ve taken a dozen photographs from every angle to capture the creative space that laun

Heading to the coffee shop, mocha on my brain, I mindlessly passed the cafe by a block and a half. Half thinking I should turn around, I decided to walk it instead. The walk will do me good, I said. And that’s when I noticed him--an old man sitting on a bench, cane propped protectively between his knees, his blue eyes looking off at something in the distance, perhaps a memory from the past, a flashback fading fast. I made my way up to him and smiled. I pointed to the cap perc

They say that the biggest failure is success in the wrong assignment. I know I'm meant to go all the way to the top and drop like a bomb on the mountains and the meadows testing the metal of my character against His, taking every thought captive, actively pursuing appropriate passage to the glorious gates of His praise while at the same time resting in His presence all my days. Breathe Him in. Soak in the sweet fragrance of a love that can move mountains with a nod and form s

(This was a blog from 2012 that I wanted to re-post for your enjoyment...and mine. Gotta admit, it still makes me smile.) On this weekend’s shopping jaunt I found myself surprisingly halted in front of a pair of cherry red skinny jeans. The color red caught my eye and the sale price caught my other eye. “$10.99” they taunted, “I used to be compared to $32.99 but now I’m a mere shadow of my former self at only $10.99. I’m a steal!” Well, I can’t quite say that I’m a shadow of