Well, it was a summer, that’s for sure. I felt like I was living on Dune what with the violent politics and civil unrest, parched landscape, disease, death, hot winds, raging fires and the sky the wrong color. The worst of Dune because we didn’t possess spice or get to enjoy the spectacle of two moons. I… Continue Reading
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Holding On By Your Toenails Is Still Holding On
Welp, it’s been tough and it’s likely to get tougher but holding on by your toenails is still holding on, right? I’ll take it. I have lowered my bar considerably and it’s kind of simplified things. Gratitude: I wake up “every day thankful” because I feel better after I find at least one thing… Continue Reading
COVID-19: If I Don’t Laugh I Will Cry
I don’t know who made this meme but thank you. It makes me laugh. Healthcare humor is often dark, especially among those in first responder and emergency settings. It’s how we cope with what we have seen. How we protect our hearts. And find the courage to go back and do it again next shift.… Continue Reading
Ignoring Your Gut Makes For More Knitting
Notice anything unusual about this photo? Well, other than the poinsettia in the background. That is a miracle because it is still alive and doing well and it is way past Christmas. As much as I love them, plants often come to my house to die. Quickly. But I think I am getting better at… Continue Reading
Time Seems to Fly When Using This Blanket
Who doesn’t want better sleep? And can this blanket help you get it? I was intrigued by photos of people nestled under their weighted blankets and heard about how it improved their sleep quality. My two oldest kids raved about the benefits so I ordered one. There is an actual way to calculate what weight… Continue Reading
Cardio Makes Me Cry
But not for the usual reasons I desperately needed to get to the gym. I had worked a bunch, gone on a fun weekend trip with my kids and returned in the wee hours of the morning with a full agenda to do before the work week began. No big deal; I had done this… Continue Reading
When Your Brain Has Other Ideas
Arg…sometimes my brain has other ideas and sleeping isn’t one of them. I have a back room in my brain. It’s where I keep plans, projects and problems I’m not immediately working on. Sometimes it gets quite crowded and generally I keep it orderly by making lists of All The Things. Lately, though, with the… Continue Reading
I Just Don’t Even Know
Some days are like that, and today is one of them; I just don’t even know. Hell, I don’t even know what it is I don’t even know. So I thank All The Powers That Be for the gym and the road. Isak Dineson said “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears… Continue Reading
To Slow Down is to Catch Up
Paradox Have you ever noticed how often this happens? I’m not saying you don’t have to do your work, but have you noticed that when you stop pushing so. darn. hard. what you need becomes available? Maybe you have done what you were supposed to do: you followed the formula, your timeline and bullet… Continue Reading
Intentions of a Late Winter Solstice 2017
Sometimes work gets in the way Winter Solstice has come and gone, not un-noticed and not without the setting of intentions, but all un-written until now. And as we all know, thoughts don’t become real until we get them out of our head and onto paper. Writing My book is written and I have the… Continue Reading
