Grace Notes
a blog about life’s everyday magic
a blog about life’s everyday magic
After enduring months of cold, dark, dreary days, it can be easy to feel like the sun may never shine again. Putting together a “basket of sunshine” is a thoughtful…
The holiday season can be such a magical time for many of us. The scent of delicious meals and desserts fill our homes. Candles and twinkle lights make the walls…
Every morning I quietly slip downstairs, sometimes with my 4-year-old niece in tow, and open up the large cabinets as my eyes fall directly to the middle shelf. I have…
One thing about our world: There are more ways to receive advice than ever before. A century ago, the main directions you’d get for living might come from your mom,…
Passion is whatever nurtures your unique spark and lets it blaze untamed.
What form this piece is going to take, I don’t yet know.
Some of my best ideas found me when I wasn’t looking. A song on the radio, walks through glistening snow, and early morning coffee runs are a few…
Before I’d play golden music on my Fender guitar, I’d admire the stained wood and strings. Every day was the same: the moment I returned home from school, I…
Some of us will reinvent ourselves several times over the course of a lifespan. Maybe you already have. It’s never too late to set new goals. Change direction.…
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: Heather Taylor Photo credit: Lisa RedWillow “There’s beauty in ordinary life, pages full of stories that turn ordinary into magical moments… Bits of magic everywhere you look from…
Words: Christine Hiester Photo credit: Christine Hiester The soft hum of conversation surrounds me. I sit at a small rectangular table by the wall of my my favorite local…