Lu CooleyJan 7, 20203 minA seasonal snowThis morning it is snowing. There is a soft drift of marginally large flakes descending. Oddly, they remind me of ash. That may be the...
Lu CooleyNov 28, 20193 minTrust in a TeacupI was talking to a friend the other day about trusting God to answer, knowing how to discern God’s voice and when to take action. She...
Lu CooleyJul 19, 20196 minWhen Madness is the Only Appropriate ResponseYet again another assault on human rights, moral sensibilities, the rule of law, the Earth and yet again another friend advises me that I...
Lu CooleyDec 12, 201710 minBuying A Wedding CakeIt shouldn't be an issue that we have a Black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue....
Lu CooleyJul 28, 20174 minMrs. Perry's PondMrs. Perry was an Old South aristocratic blue-hair my husband knew through college friends. His story goes that she was the wife of a...
Lu CooleyMar 2, 20173 minWomen's History MonthWe look for the achievers, people who have done great things in history when the months to recognize certain groups come around. This is...
Lu CooleyAug 25, 20167 minForgiveness, the Gift I Give MyselfForgiveness is a gift you give yourself. ~ Suzanne Somers I just love it when someone the media portrays as a ditz says something I think...
Lu CooleyJul 31, 20163 minFinding My Happy PlaceAs human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world ... as in being able to remake ourselves. - Mahatma...
Lu CooleyMay 30, 20167 minThe Three Big Dogs Integrity CleanseI was going to have a day of feeling loving, but then I read about a thing called an integrity cleanse and decided to go with that...
Lu CooleyMar 31, 20168 minYet Another Treatise on The Walking DeadMy family has all but given up on me. I’m am unabashedly crazy about The Walking Dead. I started with TWD from day one. I’ve been...
Lu CooleyJan 31, 20167 minA Fierce HopeGoogle “fierce hope” and this website comes up: Fierce Hope. Yes, another person dying of cancer. Yes, another person writing about...
Lu CooleyNov 22, 20155 minThanks and givingSince 1994, I’ve run an annual 13.1 at Thanksgiving. Sometimes in a race. More often on my own. Weather permitting, I stretch, then go...
Lu CooleySep 22, 20152 minThe Guardian of IdeasShe stopped inside the door. Her internal compass spun. The room was dark except for light punching through the windows along either...
Lu CooleyJul 28, 20152 minThe PacesetterShe was gone for over a week. When I went into the women’s changing room, she was putting her bag in a locker talking to the tall...
Lu CooleyJul 23, 20146 minCrisis AvertedI averted a crisis yesterday. Little did I know, but the world was about to come to an end. I’ve been canning. Tomatoes have all but...
Lu CooleyMar 5, 20146 min20 Years Left to Live so I'm Not Doing Another Fundraising DinnerI was at one of those wonderful fundraiser dinners the other night where high school students serve the food. Near the end of the...
Lu CooleyJan 12, 20142 minThe Honest Work of StorytellingLet me preface this by saying it is about my needing to upgrade my storytelling skills and not about talking to a brutally honest 10-year...
Lu CooleyDec 18, 20131 minProblem-solvingIt isn't that problems are bigger than we can handle. It's that we have been endowed by our Creator to see beyond to an ideal that...
Lu CooleyMay 1, 20132 minListening to the Plants SingMy granddaughter sulked as she got into the car. “What’s up?” I asked her. “The rain, it’s ruining everything,” she frowned. “Like...