“Smoke” Break

I’m having a ridiculously stressful day already. I’m ready to turn off the computer, turn out the lights, and just go home. I don’t smoke, but I just asked my coworker if I could take a smoke break because I feel so wound up. Funny how this comes on a day when I left the […]

Pursuit of the Work

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything new, so I thought I should give it a try. I’m sitting at my laptop, having deleted the lines from the last three attempts I made to pen something interesting – thoughts about rediscovering hiking this year or musings about my inability to balance my personal interests. […]

Pondering the Allure of the Mysterious Mr. Darcy

From the archives – Summer 2007 Over the last couple of nights, I watched Pride and Prejudice (BBC) because it had been a while, and I was in the mood for a good story. As I consider this story, whether in film or the original Austen novel, there are so many elements and perspectives to […]

Crying Out from the Depths

When life seems to mean searching for the way forward while finding a lot of dead ends, it isn’t difficult to wonder, what in the world you are doing. I awoke this morning to the sound of a late alarm and much on my heart. The last several days have been filled with crying out […]

Storm Brewing

Storm Brewing, originally uploaded by sherjc. I’ve been having fun taking pictures for work lately. I took this picture on the way back from a long, long meeting. I was crossing the parking lot to get back to the office when I met with this amazing view. And if you’ve seen my work, you know […]