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Best I Can Do

By Debra Basham, on July 2, 2026

Once again, I appreciate not knowing things until after the fact. This time it was watching the 2025 film “Best I Can Do” which stars Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick as a couple in a romantic, character-driven dramedy about aging.

I did not know they are a real life couple. They first met when […]

The Way Forward

By Debra Basham, on June 25, 2026

Last evening as I was crawling in to bed, I checked the Facebook page of my niece. She is an amazingly inspiring woman, and often I am uplifted by the video-to-music posts of the “nature” of her life: cats, dogs, butterflies, moths, and (more recently again) chickens. Last night’s post was not of the same […]

Calm the Storm

By Debra Basham, on June 12, 2026

This post was inspired by my early morning reading of Barbara Brodsky’s most recent blog about the summer she could not swim because of an infection in a toe bone and the risk of amputation. Reading what she wrote of her experience, along with her appreciation to again be basking in her love of swimming, […]

Goldfinch Grace

By Debra Basham, on May 29, 2026

A pair of goldfinches are active just outside my window on this early morning. I love early hours and beautiful bird songs that accompany their activity.

I look up the spiritual meaning and am informed by AI:

The goldfinch spiritually symbolizes unbridled joy, positive transformation, and divine grace. Because of its bright yellow […]

Howard and Karen

By Debra Basham, on May 6, 2026

My stomach’s rumbling reminded me it was almost dinner when I noticed a woman moving swiftly from door-to-door across the street from our home here in Glenaire. It caught my attention firstly because neither of the two houses are currently occupied. Directly across, friends are navigating health challenges that have prevented them thus far returning […]

A World of Our Own Making

By Debra Basham, on April 25, 2026

Grateful, Friday was an extraordinary day of shifts in perspective….

I had been being drawn down a dim alley when our grand-daughter-in-love-to-be had not responded to text or email about their upcoming wedding ceremony. Thursday evening she and I had opportunity for a call that answered a lot of questions. As I rode my […]

The Whole World Matters in the End

By Debra Basham, on April 16, 2026

Grateful John and I had an uneventful trip North. We sauntered along Georgia’s secondary roads to avoid Atlanta and stayed the night in Alabama before arriving in Smyrna on Thursday, March 26. We had a busy week of fun family time and an easy drive to Michigan on Monday, April 6. No one feels sorry […]

Wrapping Up Winter 2026

By Debra Basham, on March 18, 2026

We were blessed to enjoy a visit with our granddaughter, Courtney. She is mom of our great grandson, Jackson, and it is tax season at work for Jackson’s G-ma, Stacey. It took a lot to get Courtney here, and we loved being able to spoil her while she was here.

Our central theme was […]

Loving-kindness and Compassion

By Debra Basham, on March 2, 2026

A friend forwarded a message this morning from Pax Christi USA, a movement founded in Europe at the end of World War II by Catholics who had suffered the terror and trauma of war. Quoting from the email content:

Pax Christi has opposed war and all preparations for war. We do not endorse warmaking […]

Pat

By Debra Basham, on February 18, 2026

I was awakened early this morning by the post of a friend on FaceBook and I chose to notice I was well enough rested to get up before daybreak so my fingers would have time to linger over the keyboard before the day officially begins.

Yesterday’s Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse ignited, arriving precisely […]

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