Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

Recently I heard Discernment used while a news commentator and their guest speaker noted that many people may not know the meaning. Oxford Language Dictionary: (Similar = Enlightenment / Sensitivity / Insight) The ability to judge/discriminate/perceive well. (in a Christian…

When I returned the audiobook, The Art of Mingling, to the library, another suggestion popped up. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by journalist, political commentator & pundit, David Brooks. Depth…

At the end of my last blog post, I mentioned that in the midst of writing about my isolation, an extra-mile friend called and asked to pay me a visit that had been meaningful to both of us. It was…

Mid-May I received notice that my blog site is up for renewal toward the end of June. I wondered if it was worth continuing. There are many reasons to quit. But the reason to quit that haunts me most is…

January 4, 1920 – March 17, 2024 Betts at 100 … January 4, 2020 … Here she is preparing to entertain the guests at her birthday party by singing “Brush Up On Shakespeare” and reciting from memory a Shakespearean Sonnet. The…

As I write, International Women’s Day draws to a close. Women’s History Month has barely just begun. Invisible Women Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres. I recently finished listening to Kristin Hannah’s new book, The Women … a…

Last Sunday, my heart hurt as I watched all the hype on TV about the Super Bowl being held in Las Vegas this year … something that has been banned for many years because of scandals related to sports betting….

Because the news is meant to alert us to dangers, we get a pretty consistent diet of disturbing and scary news these days. Depression, knots in the pit of your stomach, fatigue, feeling powerless, and PTSD can result. Here’s my…

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson So begins the book I recently found mentioned in a New York Times article. Written by Laurie Helgoe,…

Parents of disabled children … or any child that doesn’t fit the norm … rarely have opportunities to brag about their progeny. I’m grateful to have such an opportunity and I’m going to take it! Anniversary On July 1, 2023,…