by Diane W. Bailey | Mar 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is something in the human heart that whispers, “Small is insignificant.” We all desire big in our lives, because we believe big is always better. We want a bigger title, a bigger house, or a bigger car. We want a big famous name in the papers, or the...
by Diane W. Bailey | Jun 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Laughter erupts as we grab nametags, bearing pictures you wish they had burned years ago, and we ask, “Now, who are you? Oh, yeah, I remember you!” And, like a gently flowing river the stories begin to trickle back. Gathering together on porches overlooking...
by Diane W. Bailey | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s Five Minute Friday, and today’s prompt is FRIEND. Ready, Go! I’m really not sure how it all began. I commented on her blog, she commented on mine. It really might have begun right here on Five Minute Fridays. One of us found the other by...
by Diane W. Bailey | Oct 18, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Opening the cedar hope chest, the faint fragrance of pine greets me as I reach down and gather into my arms an old but cherished quilt my grandmother made when I was young. Walking to the couch I wrap it around my shoulders and lift coffee, hot and sweet, to my lips...
by Diane W. Bailey | Sep 25, 2012 | Diane's Posts
“Fall has arrived,” says the weatherman. Leaves are beginning to turn brown, golden and red, then gently fall silent to the ground creating a patchwork of color to blanket seeds already in place for next spring. I look in the mirror, aglow with morning light, at the...