Spring has sprung!
My bushes and trees have large buds. The hyacinth and iris are shooting up out of the ground. I wanted a salad for lunch yesterday, and I dipped my toes…
Re-entry into my life
I grew up camping, with 3 sisters, 1 brother, our parents, and a very small camper. When I got older, I would go tent camping with girlfriends in high school,…
Spring Cleaning
I am excited to have a stream of companies visiting in the next several weeks. My cousin Debbie arrives this week Friday, my sister Diane and her family will be…
Ollin on My Life Purpose
According to Kevin Hall, author of Aspire, a book I referred to recently, “ollin” is a word that describes me. Here’s what Hall says: “Pronounced All-in, it is an expression…
Solowingnow
Just about five years ago (4/20/11), I engaged in an exercise recommended in a book titled Aspire by Kevin Hall. I asked my friends and family to send me one…
The Swiss Cheese Remedy
Well, I AM feeling better today, thankfully. And yesterday was better than the weekend’s funky days, too. If you read to the bottom, you’ll see why…or at least, what helped.…
In a funk
(Spoiler alert: this post is a downer, even to me.) Today has not been a great day (except that I had a great phone call with my friend Karn this…
Letting go, piece by piece
First, I let the truck go, about two months after he had died. It wasn’t paid for, and it wasn’t registered in my name. It was big for me, and…
Gratitude for the Walking Wounded
The first thing that made my gratitude prayers yesterday was that I had been given the opportunity to be of service to someone else. About grief and moving on. Twice recently,…