Time Builds on Time

One must have a mind of early morning light

To toss aside a soft comforter and warm clean sheets

Florence BrooksNovember 23, 2025November 23, 2025Leave a comment

Be Well

Spending Our Days

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.” – Annie Dillard, The Writing … Continue reading Spending Our Days

Florence BrooksJuly 20, 2025October 27, 2025Leave a comment

Prayers and Blessings

Open to this New Day

In the gift of this new day, in the gift of the present moment, in the gift of time and eternity intertwined, let us be grateful, let us be attentive, let us be open to what has never happened before, in the gift of this new day, in the gift of the present moment, in the gift of time and eternity intertwined. ~ J. Philip … Continue reading Open to this New Day

Florence BrooksJuly 1, 2025October 27, 2025Leave a comment

Be Well

Slow Time

In the early days of married life my husband, Burt, and I would go for drives on our days off. We would pack a picnic and meander down the road to visit an apple orchard, or see sailboats, or explore an antique shop, or rediscover a spot my husband remembered from year’s past. It was a welcome ending to our week. Continue reading Slow Time

Florence BrooksJune 20, 2023January 10, 20243 Comments

Be Encouraged

It Trees Could Talk

My dad and step-mom used to have a weekly ritual of driving through Memorial Park Cemetery on Poplar Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee and identifying what they would call, “The Tree of the Week.” Continue reading It Trees Could Talk

Florence BrooksNovember 9, 2022March 22, 2023Leave a comment

Be Well, Prayers and Blessings

The Fullness of Time

Some wonder if it is too late to live a meaningful life, while others feel life’s responsibilities stand in the way of living the life they want. Continue reading The Fullness of Time

Florence BrooksNovember 4, 2022January 9, 2024Leave a comment