Author: Alison Rodgers

How Do I Love Thee?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived in England, born in 1806 and died in 1861, the same year that my house was born.  She was an amazing writer of unparalleled courage, having survived a lung ailment and spinal injury at twelve to…

Photographs and Memories

It’s August first, and a new month is upon us.  A few months ago, I was driving through barren, snow covered fields hoping to stay sane enough to graduate  with my Master’s from the SOT with a hint of my…

Mine Again

There is a new tab on the home page for everyone that keeps writing and asking for music play-lists.  We listen to a lot of music, peeps, so we’ve tried to create a page for those artists that we simply…

Light in the Dark

I find more solace in art and music than I’ll ever be able to attribute.  I thought I’d share this wonderful image that mirrors my own life from time to time…before sending it to the “Pictures from the Soul” page. …

Can You Relax? Try This.

Greetings on this fine day on planet earth!  I am deep in the finals of my novel, and up against a new deadline.    As such, we’re turning to our friends at Ask.com for a 2009 gem about my husband’s greatest…

10 Tips for Giving and Getting Emotional Support

From our friends at Psychology Today come ten really useful tips on how to purposefully construct a relationship where emotional support is both two way and important.  The following was written by Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. in Emotional Fitness  (Source http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-fitness/200908/10-tools-giving-and-getting-emotional-support)…