The Spoon and the Notebook Looking back over the years, most of what I write about are reflections on my life. Those reflections touch on relationships, family, beliefs, health, friendships, purpose, loss, joy, and a host of other subjects that, in the end, are all about life itself. It makes me wonder. If we gathered …
Category: Thoughts, Words & Actions Journal
Words Served Hot and Cold
Language "the feast of human thought" Yesterday, my good friend and neighbor "Charlie" was telling me a story about his work days. I don’t remember all the details of the story because, at one point, out of nowhere, he tossed an expression onto the table like a dealer throwing down a winning card. “Like a …
Making Cents Of Finding Dimes
An Angelic Pat on the Shoulder This morning, on the eighth anniversary of my mother’s passing, I found two dimes. The first was lying on the laundry room floor. Bright and shiny, it caught my eye immediately. I picked it up and slipped it into my pocket. A few moments later, while walking toward the …
What’s In A Name
Lately I’ve found myself thinking about my name. Not because I’m planning on changing it. At this point in life that would create far more paperwork than I have the patience for. But I’ve been thinking about names and the curious relationship we have with them. The truth of the matter is I’ve never particularly …
Stories We Wrestle With
When A Story Creates Headlocks and Dropkicks Stories have a way of drawing me in close like a headlock… and every now and then, pushing you right back out, like a dropkick. Elizabeth Gilbert does that to me. One minute she’s got me in a headlock… completely pulled into the moment, and the next, she’ll …
The Son of the Angry One
What's in a name? "That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I came across something the other day about my last name—Ferguson. It’s an Anglicized version of the Scots Gaelic Macfhearghus, often translated as “son of the angry one”… or “son of the …
Holding Hands
Hearts Resting Safely In Willing Hands... I once heard a wedding vow that gave me pause …it was: “For as long as you want me… I’m yours.”― Kahlen Aymes At first, it sounded simple. Almost casual. But the more I sat with it, the more it settled over me like still water, calm, clear, undisturbed. It …
When Inspiration Knocks
“I don’t know what I think until I write about it.” — Joan Didion This quote from Joan Didion has always struck me not just as wise, but as fundamentally true. For me, writing isn’t about capturing a finished thought—it’s the very process by which the thought is formed. Until the words start appearing on …
Grandmomma Rozzy’s Scarf
Izzy and The Cliffs of Moher The wind danced wild on Ireland’s shore,Where ocean waves in thunder roar.Izzy stood on the cliffs so high,Beneath a vast and endless sky. Wrapped in warmth, a scarf so fine,A gift of love, a treasured sign.Grandmomma Rozzy’s woven thread,Lay soft beneath her golden head. The sunlight spilled in golden …
January 1st, 2025
Welcoming 2025: A Year for Fulfillment Over Achievement As year 2025 slipped past the stroke of midnight, I toasted its arrival by pouring myself a glass of Bailey’s Irish Creme over ice. And so it begins, with 365 blank pages to fill with life's adventures. There’s something magical about that moment—the promise of a fresh …
December 28
Feelings of Attunement Every get a positive feeling about a person you've just met and wanted to tell them about it? I was having breakfast with friends a while back and as the waitress approached the table I had a strong sense of familiarity with her. It wasn't a sense that I'd met her before, …
December 27th
Back in 2015 I fell into a dark moody place. I needed to climb out of it and get back on a healthy daily plan to improve my mental and physical well being. I rarely ever look back over old posts but in this case I believe it could help remind me of a process …
The Gift of Contentment:
A Reflection for All As the season of Christmas approaches, I find myself in a state of quiet joy—a joy not tied to ribbons, packages, or sparkling lights but to something far deeper. It’s a feeling of being so utterly blessed in this moment that the desire for “more” seems to have dissolved entirely. I …
When hard things stack up on you….
Ever feel the weight of being at rock bottom? Lately, my life seems to be full of those type of issues and has left me physically and mentally flat. And with good reason......I've let them. I own it, but to be honest it has taken me months to recognize that my mindset during this period, …
Quotes
Being a woman is no job for a man..... I heard this quote by Robert Horn (Tootsie / Playwright) while attending a performance of Tootsie at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. Tootsie is the story of a difficult actor whose reputation for being argumentative drives him to adopt the identity as a woman to land …
The Bow Legged Blogger 