I came outside later than usual today. It seems that every day of the week, or at least Monday through Friday, a different neighbor is having their yard mowed first thing in the morning. I am sure it has always been this way, but now that it is disturbing my peaceful backyard time. I am … Continue reading A Very Good Week
Finding The Joy In The Everyday
I’m not sure when I decided that October was to be my favorite month of the year. Thirty one years ago I got married in October. That could have been the beginning. Or maybe not. At what point in life do we mature to the point of not taking hours, days, much less months for … Continue reading Finding The Joy In The Everyday
Letting Go
No recipes today. Yesterday did not go as planned, so I am punting. The weather yesterday was absolutely perfect for a trip to my favorite local nursery, Enchanted Gardens, and maybe find some inspiration for my backyard. As is always the case when I go there I was overwhelmed, in the best possible way, and … Continue reading Letting Go
The Fragility of Routine
I have a new routine. I don’t generally “do” routines as I rarely do the same thing the same way two days in a row. At least that is always what I thought. Then my brother said, “I bet you do and just don’t realize it.” Yeah, I think he is right. I do wake … Continue reading The Fragility of Routine
Suburban Sunrise
There was a faint orange glow in the eastern sky when I rolled out of bed this morning. The dogs were awake and persistent. Grudgingly I let them have their way. As I stumbled to the bathroom thoughts of dread for another day rolled around in my sleepy brain. Lately I wake, not so much … Continue reading Suburban Sunrise
Making Choices
I have spent over thirty years of my life making plans that never came to fruition. Mostly plans of where and how I want to live. The plans always involved moving, until it didn’t. Then I went into a frenzy reorganizing and redecorating. Then I came back to the idea of moving. In fairness, most … Continue reading Making Choices
Everyday Joy
It is often the little things that add so much depth, pleasure and beauty to life. One decadent piece of chocolate. The perfect cup of coffee. Sweater weather. A letter instead of a bill in the mail. A hug, a smile, a kind word. There are a multitude of possibilities available. Sometimes these little pearls … Continue reading Everyday Joy
My Glorious Swamp
Weather. It is one of those subjects that affects everyone. It impacts our choice of dress, mode of transportation and daily activities. Children by and large ignore it; old folks become obsessed with it; the rest of us a acknowledge its role in our lives then just keep moving. I have begun to refer to … Continue reading My Glorious Swamp
K.I.S.S. Day 5
Modern life is complicated. We have too many options, too much information and still only twenty four hours in a day. Choices must be made; priorities set. In my effort to simplify my life I have removed the extraneous, evaluated the remainder, and still find room for further paring down of clutter—physical and mental. I … Continue reading K.I.S.S. Day 5
K.I.S.S. Day Four
I woke up this morning to just over one hundred emails in my inboxes. This is only half the number I had been receiving. Unsubscribing from all those distribution lists is working. And it is freeing. I tend to avoid that which overwhelms me. Ironic since ignoring only escalates the problem leading to a greater … Continue reading K.I.S.S. Day Four
