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…
Next to me on the chair the pillow states, Refuge Cabin Sweet Cabin Says the same as Home Sweet Home There’s no place like it. Luckily, we can reach our cabin with an easy three hour drive. With COVID-19 numbers vastly increasing our state (Wisconsin), we are now making the trip without any stops. We…
I keep hearing a voice saying, “Carol, make sure you press your seams open.” “Carol, don’t forget to trim your threads.” “Carol, take time measuring. Measure twice, cut once.” The voice is my grandmother’s. She’s been long gone, dying at age 92 almost twenty years ago. Born in 1910, she lived through some interesting times….
Of the thee times we’ve been to the Hawaiian islands, we’ve only visited Kauai once. There were a number of things that made this trip different and one of them was that we went in early July as opposed to the end of December. Despite not having a volcano to bike down such as we…
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…
What are the next steps after meeting your weight loss goal? Obviously, no one wants to gain weight back after a diet. No one, I am convinced, wants to be on roller coaster ride of gains and losses. The objective is to maintain your new weight. On August 10th, we started our weight loss journey…
It’s November 2020, four days after a Presidential election in the United States. We were informed today that we have a new President. The wait is over. Now, the work begins. Work that includes all of us. If you are gloating, stop! If you are grieving, stop! If you think you are better than other…
For the past month, I have been consumed by poetry. Constantly, I am thinking about it, writing with words that rhyme or follow a cadence in my head. Poetry. The imaginative craft of writing where words create images and emotions and depth of life. And, while I am grateful, it has been such an odd…
Typically, November is not a favorite month. However, after a cool and mostly gray October, we’ve had a series of very beautiful days here in the upper mid-west. The sky has been clear and cloudless. The temperature has hovered around 70 degrees. It’s has felt so good to shed some of the layers that we…