Today I’m inviting you to join me in focusing on kindness. Kindness is what makes life worth living. It carries us through the tragedies of life, and lifts our spirits higher even when life is pretty darned good. An interesting…
Category: Connection
A funny thing happened on the way to my post this week. If this sounds familiar, you may have read a post of mine from last October called friendship, dogs, mail, and other happy things. I started out with that…
I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite fictional people. Meet Dirk Gently, né Svlad Cjelli. The London phone book in Dirk’s story contains the following entry: DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY We solve the whole crime We find…
Part one of two Gardening season has begun in earnest around chez moi. Between the upswing in temperatures and my liberation in landscaping, the time was right. I have spent many hours outside these past ten days. My parents always…
Easter morning, 2019. The day was lovely, I was well-rested, and feeling as though all was right with the world. Then I read about the bombings in Sri Lanka. Just like that, the good feeling was gone. My immediate reaction…
Leo Tolstoy said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” With all the respect due the late Mr. Tolstoy, I am not everyone, nor am I no one.
It happens to everyone at some time or another. You’re minding your own business when suddenly you have a wonderful, incredible, (dare I say) brilliant idea of something which ought to exist. “Why doesn’t this exist,” we may ask ourselves….
‘Tis the season for holiday parties! Eggnog, ugly sweaters, and white elephant gifts abound. Some people absolutely thrive on hosting and attending parties. If this is you, rock on! Let those good times roll. Others are introverts – those who…