Evolving Serenity
Being Thankful, Being Community
Thanks to Seth Godin (whose blog I follow) I don’t have to write much today. He offered a piece a few days ago and included a Thanksgiving Reader. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/11/thanksgiving-reminder.html There are two things on the site a button...
Collecting My Teams
Today I visited with a dear friend who I do not visit nearly often enough. The visit was filled with the ordinary — knitting, health, children, dreams, frustrations. Whenever we visit I remember that we need to do it more often.Then I came home to have a repairman...
Clutter, Productivity, and Contentment
I love my sitting room! It has everything I want and need in it. Bob feels close when I am in it. He built the house, some of the furniture, and is reflected in the artwork. It is a comfortable and loving place for me.This wonderful room also doubles as my work...
In the Spirit of Halloween — Card Reading, Astrology, and Me
My upbringing was pretty conventional — no witches or wizards (except at the door at Halloween looking for candy), no visits to spiritualists or palm readers. I don’t think I even knew about these, except for genies at the movies. Probably in my 30s or 40s I bought...
Road Trip Lessons
I just got back from a trip to my brother’s. Saw my niece and her husband and her new baby, my nephew, and my brother and sister-in-law. It was a great visit! From my home to my brother’s home is about 850 miles. That is a long drive.At the end of the drive on day...
The Fall Equinox
The idea of following the seasons in how we eat and how we live seems to be gaining a little traction in my circles. Since today is the Fall Equinox, thinking about what it would mean to live with the Seasons seems appropriate.I am new to looking at Seasonal...
Keeping the Gifts Moving
The first thing I read this morning was “Paying it Forward: Why Our Gifts Always Keep Moving" by Wayne Muller (http://www.dailygood.org/story/1136/paying-it-forward-why-our-gifts-always-keep-moving-wayne-muller/).And last night I decided that the first task of today...
Beating on Walls
“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ” ― Coco Chanel I don’t know much about Coco Chanel except that her perfume #5 is luscious and she created really classy clothes. Evidently, she was also a wise woman. How much of my life...
You mean I have to cook?
After 71 years I am finally putting some things together, and I must say, I am not pleased. I have fought with food for most of my life. Actually that is not true; food and I are way too friendly - it is the weight that I have been fighting with. The fight started...