midlife
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The Day the Yuccas Spoke
Introduction to This Post I have been working on writing a book about my childhood for going on fifteen years. Scrap sheets of paper saved in file folders, spiral notebooks, or on my computer. Why is it taking so long?… Continue reading
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Life in the “Coulds”
I’m trying to shift into a new practice of getting up a little earlier in the morning to have more quiet time for meditation and journaling before the world gets loud. And to coffee myself. (Yes, I feel that coffee… Continue reading
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There’s No Place Like Home
It’s Monday, August 18, at 11:55pm. Bear with me – I felt like logging in another post before going to bed. Tomorrow’s going to be a busy and interesting day, and while I need some sleep, I also want to… Continue reading
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Peacefully & Painlessly: A Hospice Story
I feel a very strong need to write about my dad tonight. Just came from a fundraising event for our local hospice organization, and this year, it affected me a little differently – a little more intensely, yet with a… Continue reading
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War of the Words
How many of you have certain words or phrases that you use without even realizing it? I have an ongoing battle with one word in particular. In fact, yesterday morning, while making my usual list of things, it reared its… Continue reading
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Weekend Wisdom (Oh, and Watermelon, Too.)
Well, dang. I was hoping to get this post in before midnight on Sunday. And now, after forgetting my stupid WordPress login information for the umpteenth time, I see it’s 12:01am… technically, this is now a Monday Ramble. It was… Continue reading
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Rethinking Retirement
Today marks the five-year anniversary of retiring from a 32-year career in education. It’s amazing how time flies. I smile when someone tells me I’m “too young to be retired” – but I started working in education at age 21,… Continue reading
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Let’s Get Ready to Ramble!
As usual, I have a million things I’d like to talk about right now, but it’s 1pm, and I have a load of laundry in the dryer and two that were done last week that haven’t been folded. It’s also… Continue reading
