This watch hasn’t been charged in months. I know, it’s been a long time since you last heard from me. Two hard casts, one removable cast, and weeks of physical therapy done, and still to come, but at least my broken wrist has improved. It’s still kind of weird, not fully able to bend at…
Daily Life
Not a Pandemic Post
I Used to Love My Walks I used to take morning walks with one or both of my dogs. Aside from the exercise, fresh air, sunshine and, often, company of a friend, I would find beautiful bits of nature hiding in my suburban neighborhood. I don’t know about you, but I find the fungi in…
Making Peace with Uncertainty
Wow! A real, live baseball game! Some day, I hope, this blog will be about more than this seemingly endless pandemic. Unfortunately, it’s infiltrated our day-to-day lives and shows no sign of letting up. From mask requirements to governmental vaccine mandates, to hospitalization/death stats on the news, there’s just no escaping it. And yet, life…
Out of Practice, Part 2
We were here just over a week ago. I’d love to go back NOW! A few weeks ago I wrote about my immune system being out of practice dealing with your everyday virus situation. I didn’t feel well for a solid week from when my symptoms started. All better now. Even better than better because…
Out of Practice, Part 1
When the Resident Chef is Sick, Takeout Becomes Dinner. Could have chosen anything, but we all picked breakfast comfort food. I’ve been sick all weekend. It’s been a low level sick where I’m just feeling crummy but not enough for a trip to the doctor. Fever, headache, congestion, aches… not terribly sick but my mind…
How is Your Return to Normal Going?
I hugged this tree recently. Literally. It was very grounding. Just thought I’d pop in here for a few quick thoughts. It feels like life post pandemic lockdown is racing forward much more quickly than I ever anticipated. I paid a lot of attention to all the CDC reports during the pandemic and from what…
Sputtering Along, or is it Languishing?
These fish are going nowhere! They appear to be languishing in this tank. Why bother swimming when there’s no place to go? One of the biggest ironies of this pandemic has been that every day since lockdown began I would get a hint of creative possibility in the morning, that never materialized during the day.…
How Do We Know If We’ve Completed Our Life Purpose?
Maybe We’ve Just Been Put Here to Admire Creation As promised in my post yesterday, I’m returning to share some thoughts on life purpose. And this isn’t necessarily my life purpose specifically, but life purpose in general. Several questions come to my mind when I think about life purpose. First, how do any of us…
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Daily Life, Creativity, Retirement, Life Purpose
Life keeps on interrupting my creative impulses.
Back to Normal? Hmmm. It Almost Feels Like That
Should we really be returning to normal just yet?









