by Deb Farris | Oct 25, 2025 | Musings
In the silence, dog licks her paw. “She’s going to make me pay for this for a while,” he says. She licks. A nail clipped too short, a swath of blood on hard, wood floor. Yesterday, his worried look as I walked through the door. Today, concerned words breaking the...
by Deb Farris | Oct 18, 2025 | Faith & Art, Musings, Writing
Throw off everything that hinders… Will I ever stop being nervous before I’m asked to say a few words to a room full of people? Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but… Will I ever stop second guessing the words written with tears, and an open, raw heart, just...
by Deb Farris | Oct 6, 2025 | Books, Faith and Family, Musings, Writing
Well, we all can’t be winners, can we, or can we? I guess that’s depends on which race we’re running. 🏃🏿🏃🏽♂️🏃🏻♀️ Whichever race, we need to train, and we all know, a good coach is a good gift. Yesterday morning, Fannie and I stepped out our front door early to find...
by Deb Farris | Sep 13, 2025 | Faith and Nature, Musings
There’s a place set apart, where transformation awaits. Birch leaves shimmer, hinting at treasures—golden wisdom just one breath, one breeze, away— as one maple tree blazes a flame of red, as an unexpected guide with wings appears, reigniting something in me,...
by Deb Farris | Aug 22, 2025 | Faith & Art, Musings, Writing
Does the story ever end? Ask any artist: the sonata could have one more movement or rest, the painting one more shade of light, the sculpture one more softened edge, the story one more period… or another new beginning. Does the story ever end? Why? Why is it so...
by Deb Farris | Aug 8, 2025 | Faith & Art, Musings, Writing
There is simply a beautiful story to be shared about an ordinary couple (by their own definition) and their extra-ordinary God. And I’m not just pedaling a book. I’ll be honest with you, though, I do remember the first time I did pedal something… I was five years old....
