by Deb Farris | Jun 2, 2024 | Musings
Sometimes I’m so excited to get back to my work that I forget to enjoy the French toast and blueberries and warm maple syrup. And butter. At breakfast. Sometimes I race through the raindrops so I don’t get wet and miss the best pictures of spring unfolding. And other...
by Deb Farris | Apr 14, 2024 | Memoir, Musings, Writing
Heads up. If you’re on my email list, you may have seen a rough draft of this story last weekend. I accidentally published it (that’s humbling) then moved it into private so no one else could see it. I’m trying again. Because this flower can’t hang out in private! My...
by Deb Farris | Mar 28, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
Where do I begin? It’s Holy Week. I decided I would hold off on writing because I wanted to soak it in, not spill out. Well, this is probably one of the longest posts I’ve written in a while, in spite of my best laid plan. I want to drink in these holy days ahead,...
by Deb Farris | Mar 16, 2024 | Art, Family, Musings
Little Isla turned nine on March 5. She was supposed to visit her Auntie and Uncle to celebrate her birthday, but she got sick and had to wait a week. For her birthday treat, they all went to Boswell’s Bookstore and she picked out Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls...
by Deb Farris | Mar 10, 2024 | Blogging, Faith, Musings, Writing
I just got home after walking over to pick up some Sunday morning bakery from Patty at Sendicks on Downer. Including a big Sticky Bun! We had a croissant in the freezer leftover from Charlie’s last visit but Todd likes sugar. So Fannie and I went to surprise him. As I...
by Deb Farris | Mar 4, 2024 | Faith, Mental Health, Musings, Writing
This morning, I woke up realizing I had dreamt an entire story in the night and also gone so far as to have written it down. “Or I was trying to to get it written,” I said to Todd after we woke up. “I was editing, I had a deadline, and the characters weren’t behaving....