Leaving The Door Open

Non-Fiction Stories…Follow Who You Are

  • Learning about Nature – Florida Edition

    Learning about Nature – Florida Edition

    I’ve enjoyed several photo collections on WordPress over the last month with everything from beautiful outdoor scenes and hiking trails lined with local plants to fall’s arrival and happy children carving pumpkins. My challenge as a Central Florida resident is that fall is not so…

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  • I Have A Tale to Tell

    I Have A Tale to Tell

    I have to share upfront that I am unabashedly piggybacking off of Vicki Atkinson’s post about the power of song and its cathartic abilities to…

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  • More Questions for Alice

    More Questions for Alice

    In 1972, I rode my bicycle to the library and checked out the book Go Ask Alice. There was buzz about it at school. It…

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  • Family Dreams

    Family Dreams

    My phone was lighting up again. It was about 3:00 a.m. My husband, Dennis, and I had told our son, Will, to text or call…

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  • Hiding in a Painting

    Hiding in a Painting

    I had finished weeding around the begonias in my grandfather’s garden as I did sometimes on Saturday mornings. I knew that he would be waiting…

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