by Shari Dragovich | May 23, 2018 | Currently Reading, Faith, Nature, These Days, Uncategorized
On my way home from Crossfit yesterday morning, I passed a man walking to the library. I was on a back, between-the-mountains road—my favorite kind to drive. It follows a creek that twists and winds through a low point between hills. One side of the road is a rocky...
by Shari Dragovich | May 8, 2018 | Ribbon Box, These Days, Travel, Uncategorized
Several weekends ago, I was in New York City with my husband. It has become an annual affair—three years running now. And you know I won’t let him forget this tradition he’s begun. I love the city. I love to soak in all the city offers, then leave it and come home to...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 31, 2018 | Faith, Food & Dining, Nature, Uncategorized
Finally. Spring has sprung in my part of Appalachia. The flowering trees all over town and in my yard are filled out with their milky white and pink tinged flowers. The mountainsides have taken on a rusty amber glow; evidence of tree buds lining branches. Soon the...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 16, 2018 | On Writing, These Days, Uncategorized
Recently, while wasting time on social media, I ran across something that changed my time wasting into time eternal. It was a Facebook post written by one of my dear writing friends, Cynthia Beach. In it, she paid tribute to a deceased fellow she never knew well—other...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 12, 2018 | Home Front, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
On Saturday, I wrote to you about a difficult conversation I had with one of my children’s coaches. If you missed it, click here, to catch up. Otherwise… How did the conversation go? You are wondering. It went well! And…it was exhausting. There were several points of...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 10, 2018 | Faith, Mothering, These Days, Uncategorized
This week I had a difficult conversation (for me, anyway) with one of my children’s coaches. It was difficult for lots of reasons, but mostly it was difficult because I worked hard to stay fully in the moment—close to what I heard the coach saying. Close to my...
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