Grace Notes
a blog about life’s everyday magic

a blog about life’s everyday magic

Certain sights send my heart soaring, but they’re not ones you’d expect. I like clutter. I’m not talking the “I should be on an episode of Hoarders” clutter,…

Slightly sinful, like eating a piece of fine chocolate before taking my vitamins. Or checking something off my long “To Do” list before I have actually accomplished the…

Whenever I find that I cannot understand the world as I feel I ought to – or whenever I find that I do … but wish that I didn’t,…

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams Every year around this time, heart-shaped candies…

Words: Tina Zarlenga Photo credit: Johanna Love Autumn has always been one of my favorite seasons. With the crisp scents and bright colors who wouldn’t fall in love? But…

Words: Natalie Skeith Photo credit: Juskteez Vu That night we sat on the kitchen counter eating takeout Indian food right up until our normal bedtime. When we began to…

Words: Heather Taylor Issue 9 cover: Meagan Abell “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer is an oil painting, autumn is a mosaic of them all.” — Stanley…

Words: Diana Foster Photo credit: Diana Foster Early in my artistic journey, macro photography beckoned. The sharp focus of a water droplet on a flower petal is dramatic…

Words: Elle Harris Photo credit: Morgan Sessions Dearest Pretend, I’m writing this letter to thank you for never leaving me, even after all this time, after I went…

Words: Amber Bartek Photo credit: Brooke Cagle Imagine a lush garden in your backyard teeming with growth and abundance — full of life. You grow your own fresh ear…

Words: Kayla Dean Photo credit: Tim Marshall If you’ve ever swam, stood by, lived by, or even flown over an ocean once, you know that deep waters hold a…