I’d like to challenge you to sit and really think about my post today. We are ten months into a global pandemic. How has it changed your life? How has your life stayed the same? What do you miss? What do you now know you can do without? To get you started, I’ll share some…
If you are reading this post, it is not what you think it’s about if you just read the title. I woke up this morning feeling that I was being dragged down….down into a black hole. Although I’ve spun around the edge of this hole before, very often around holiday time, I don’t think I’ve…
Yesterday, I wrote twice. I started a blog because I was angry. Angry at what specifically, I cannot really say because I don’t really know. However, by the time I was finishing the blog, my anger had waned and I did not know exactly how to end the piece. I was also ashamed for feeling…
This year I set a reading goal for myself. In the past, although I love to read, I’d only enjoy three to five books per calendar year. It’s not that I don’t love to read, it’s just that I mostly do it at night when I am already tired. Thus, it takes me a while…
Pride & Sharing our Bounty For the second weekend in a row, we are at our cabin with guests! It’s been a long time coming to reach this point, but I am glad we arrived! Our property is unique. We have two acres on a lake in Northern Wisconsin. It is three hours from…
Today we watched a fifth-grader who is the daughter of one of the people my husband used to work with at the hospital. Her mom had to work today, so we volunteered to watch her for the day. The visit started off by her being excitedly attacked by our Yellow Lab Puppy (she is now…
This morning I spent a little time investigating possibilities for choosing my one little word for this year. Although I have never done this before, the idea intrigues me. I am a self-proclaimed lover of words and believe in the power of well-chosen and extensive vocabulary. My friend and fellow blogger wrote on this subject…
Yesterday, I had coffee with a friend. This is something I do with some regularity with a few close friends. But, yesterday was different. I had not seen this friend in several years. This person is one of those people with whom I am very fortunate to be able to pick right up where we…