Out With the Old
As a kid, the excitement of a new year approaching meant making plans. The evening always involved taking over the living room with four...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Doing Art for Fun and Growth
Perhaps you once enjoyed creating art and craft work. While the memory has almost faded, chances are that in a dusty corner of your...
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Virginia Kelley
Nov 7, 20222 min read
Pie in the Sky but Not on the Plate
A friend, just days after a knee replacement, wistfully mentioned craving a slice of custard pie. How hard could it be? I promised to...
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Virginia Kelley
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Grandmothers — As Different as Night and Day
Mom's mother was my Granny Rachel. She wore a dark, full-length dress with a shawl and kept her pocketbook close at hand. To my young...
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Virginia Kelley
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Fortifying the Broth
Fall arrived after a long, hot summer. The day was gloriously cool, and I desired soup. Not mushy canned soup but a vat of lovingly...
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Virginia Kelley
Sep 25, 20223 min read
Ode to the L.B.D.
We saw them hanging in our mothers’ closets. Did they exude a faint, exotic hint of cologne when we lifted dust covers? Did memories of...
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Virginia Kelley
Aug 22, 20223 min read
The Tiniest of Miracles
I cannot imagine a more thrilling moment than breaking the seal on a new tube of lipstick. Until you apply it, everything rides on hope...
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Virginia Kelley
Aug 13, 20222 min read
Fall’s Golden Glow
For many, the new year always officially begins when school re-opens in the fall. As the easy and carefree days of summer dwindle, a...
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Virginia Kelley
Jul 23, 20222 min read
Wrists and Earlobes
Two body parts that resist change as years accumulate deserve recognition. Let’s hear it for wrists. I collect bracelets, file them...
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Virginia Kelley
Jul 3, 20222 min read
So Near and Yet So Far Away
A shop instructor I had at college came to mind recently. “A tool is an extension of your hand” he said “and remember, it’s is a poor...
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Virginia Kelley
Jun 11, 20222 min read
Fanfare and Fascinators
This week, I watched part of the Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II ’s reign. On June 2, 1953, I watched her...
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Virginia Kelley
May 24, 20221 min read
Heaven on Earth
When life gets oppressive and the TV news depressing, I’ve found a perfect escape. No matter the weather, this place is pastoral. Birds...
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Virginia Kelley
May 13, 20222 min read
God’s Technicolor World
I can’t imagine life without color. I live where winter is long and the world appears as if painted with a neutral, uninspired palette....
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Virginia Kelley
May 6, 20221 min read
Passing the Torch
To share your talents is advice that makes a lot of sense. Whatever skills you have can help enrich other’s lives. Recently, eight of my...
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Virginia Kelley
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Easter Awakening
As a teenager, Easter was a metamorphosis. Almost overnight, winter had passed and the sapling would sprout tender leaves. I knew that...
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Virginia Kelley
Apr 4, 20222 min read
How to Pray?
My mom Olive asked her older sister Hazel this question. I was little and wondered what the heck mom needed to pray about? Was something...
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Virginia Kelley
Mar 19, 20221 min read
A Condition of the Mind and Heart
While spring fever isn't an actual medical malady, it is real enough to anyone who has ever been stricken with it. It comes as winter...
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Virginia Kelley
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Abby’s Trip to the Vet
Our pets are family members. If only they could talk. Here is what a sweet dog Abby had to say to her mom, Melissa Miinte Stewart. Hi...
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Virginia Kelley
Jan 23, 20222 min read
Common Sense Creativity
Creativity is not merely an attribute of philosophers, scientists, or bearded sages. According to writer Maya Angelo, “We are all born...
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Virginia Kelley
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Wintry But Not Bleak
Winter is a time to hunker down and seek comfort. Where I live three months of glacial temperatures (December, January, and February)...
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