by Deb Farris | Apr 17, 2016 | Family, Musings
Is it just me or is there something about the way some people say your name that makes your heart hum? “Debbie,” he said. I looked up from my meatloaf and mashed potatoes to meet his eyes and smiled. I love hearing Dad say my name. “I lay on my back...
by Deb Farris | Apr 16, 2016 | Musings
In dance, one’s center is found through discipline and repetition, grounding and opposition, commitment and passion, humility, taking risks and falling, etc. Nurtured by the creative spirit, it’s where grace and true freedom of movement is found and art is born....
by Deb Farris | Mar 19, 2016 | Musings
She stood waiting, unaware of the world watching. Shifting her weight from foot to foot, her line took on that of a dancer. Fine hair swept off her brow revealed the elegant bone of her cheek pointing upward toward her perfectly placed bow. She was protected by the...
by Deb Farris | Oct 31, 2015 | Family, Musings
Tomorrow morning I’ll sit in the chair looking out over the trees on the street below my bedroom window and think how I used to balance my books on its arms as I read and wrote because our cat would lay in my lap—stretched out, paws crossed, eyes closed and purring to...
by Deb Farris | Jun 22, 2015 | Musings
So you’re 60. What’s the big deal, already? Enough is enough on the subject. Well…you try it and just let me know if it’s not. Unlike 50, you know for certain that you’ve lived more than half your life…although…people are living longer these days. Jane Pauley says...
