by Deb Farris | Feb 28, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
True, it was 73 degrees yesterday. The day ended with lightning. And high winds. A thunderstorm came, followed by hail and rain. We woke up to snow. But yesterday? “It’s a gorgeous day!” Liz said, her face exuding the beauty of a truly spectacular February day in...
by Deb Farris | Feb 20, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
Have you noticed how many good stories on streaming services currently are coming from books by authors being published today? It’s inspiring for a writer, isn’t it? Or is it? Working on a novel I have had to ask, is that a means to the end? Or is writing itself the...
by Deb Farris | Jan 30, 2024 | Faith, Greater Good, Musings, Writing
On any given Tuesday at 10:30 A.M. you will find me at City Market on Capital Dr. in Milwaukee with my friends, Lizzy and Ann. Our history together is rich and deep and reaches way back through the years. My mom was there at Lizzy’s birth! I was not. But the story...
by Deb Farris | Jan 19, 2024 | Faith, Memoir, Mental Health, Musings
The Artwork displayed in this piece is by Photographer JR Korpa from Malaga, Spain. Note to reader: This story references physical abuse. When I found out that you had a friend you were worried was in an abusive relationship, I wanted to speak up. And I didn’t. Back...
by Deb Farris | Jan 15, 2024 | Greater Good, Musings, Writing
In 1963, from the Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” I’m sure it was not a coincidence that these words...
by Deb Farris | Dec 20, 2023 | Advent, Musings, Writing
I was going to wait and post this tomorrow so as not to be annoying, you know? I’m always a little worried about that, but when I saw the “20th” day lit up on the ol’ Advent calendar in the lower left corner of the picture below, I thought I might better go ahead and...