Sep 20, 2025 | nature & awe
EARLIER THIS WEEK I made a call to a friend for whom I had a question. Our business finished, we chatted a bit about this and that when she said, “Guess what I have here in front of me.” I could not imagine. “A paper tacked up at my desk,” she...
Jun 9, 2025 | Moments of Grace
Note from Cathy: Tomorrow is publication day for my debut novel, That Which Binds Us. It’s thrilling and scary and there are a hundred thousand things yet to be done, so it’s not surprising that I woke up really early this morning with an intention to Get...
Mar 1, 2025 | nature & awe
I’M SITTING at the moment at our pretty mountain getaway in Western North Carolina, and it’s the first time I’ve been back since the devastation of Hurricane Helene. You may remember the backstory: Tim and I had come for a regular visit late in...
Dec 21, 2024 | Moments of Grace
AS I WRITE this post, I am under a quilt on our bed in our guest room, a tumbler of hot coffee beside me. It’s 6:50 am, on Saturday, December 21, and I’ve been awake since, oh, 4:45 or so, a hundred thousand thoughts tumbling around in my head they way...
Oct 16, 2024 | nature & awe
IT’S DIFFICULT TO WRITE about the destruction of Hurricane Helene and at the same time, it’s impossible not to. So many people—so many of you, quite frankly—reached out with concern and love and prayers, knowing how deeply we love our sweet getaway in...
Jun 18, 2024 | nature & awe
WE WERE SITTING on the big back deck, looking at the mountains, the early June day having reached that magic time of diminishing heat and lingering softness. There was so much to see. The rhododendron was bursting forth in vivid color, and the wild azaleas seemed to...
