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 | Feb 4, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
From the foot of the long driveway, I got out of my car and was taken aback by the fragrant aroma traveling through the air to greet me. Turkish spices, tomatoes, garlic and potatoes, kale and golden raisins, were all surely doing their best to behave and blend...
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 16, 2023 | Advent, Devotions
The pictures featured in my 2023 Advent Reflections are provided by writer/photographer, fellow blogger (and friend), Gary Fultz. Here I am sliding in under the wire for a second week of Advent reflection. The truth is, this was a hard one to write. Then my son came...