I've written before about favorite smells; summer = Coppertone, Christmas = gingerbread cookies. Today when I got home from I walked over to our garden to one of my favorite smells, fresh as can be zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers, and...the first ripe tomato of the season! Thanks today to my husband for planting and tending … Continue reading Nosey Delights: Vegetable Garden
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Live With Heart
Everyday I get the daily Buddha Doodle post; they're terrific and always make me smile. Today's did not disappoint. After I'd read it I happened by a coworker's office. She's getting ready to go out on a medical leave--it was somewhat planned but she will be out longer than she'd originally expected. Initially she was meant … Continue reading Live With Heart
Always, Always Later
We all procrastinate. Website, magazine, knitting project, TV show, something else — what’s your favorite procrastination destination? My favorite procrastination destination: Typically, I can find any and all reasons imaginable to keep me away from exercising. Last spring we brought the elliptical up from the basement, gave it a little tune-up and I started to … Continue reading Always, Always Later
The Four Agreements
When I was going through training to become a certified empowerment coach we had a whole host of required reading to do. One of the books that I found most memorable and practical was The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Each of the four agreements on its own seems like good, common sense advice for anyone. … Continue reading The Four Agreements
The Shrimp Fork Episode
Among the people you’ve known for a long time, who is the person who’s changed the most over the years? Was the change for the better? At the heart of humans do we really change all that much, even over many years? I don't think so. We certainly make changes to our habits, maybe come … Continue reading The Shrimp Fork Episode
Can’t Stand Me: The Video
What do you find more unbearable: watching a video of yourself, or listening to a recording of your voice? Why? The sound of my voice on a recording never sounds like what I think it does, and these days I certainly am not thrilled to see myself on camera. So which to choose? The first … Continue reading Can’t Stand Me: The Video
20 Days and Counting
It's been a great way to mark time; to blog every day for a year. I have 20 days to go before the year is up. As I get ready for the next phase I was reading about the Blogging University's "Writing 201 Finding Your Story." I'm on the fence about signing up for it, … Continue reading 20 Days and Counting
Go You Chicken Fat, Go!
Have you seen the recent commercial for the new iPhone, the one that shows a bunch of people doing all sorts of exercising. It has a rousing rendition of the somewhat patriotic song "Go You Chicken Fat, Go!" When I first heard it I was shocked, how could this be...the song that was the bane … Continue reading Go You Chicken Fat, Go!
What I Know About Being Unemployed
Hindsight is 20-20, right? If I knew when I was unemployed, what I know now about being unemployed, I might have enjoyed the time off a bit more. A colleague of mine was recently, and quite unceremoniously, laid off from her job after a 37-year run. Yes, 37 years with the same organization; moving … Continue reading What I Know About Being Unemployed
Three Wishes for Eleanor
Remember those lovely genies who grant wishes? Well, you’re one and you’ve just been emancipated from your restrictive lamp. You can give your three wishes to whomever you want. Who do you give your three wishes to, and why? Responding to today's wiring prompt is easy, thanks very much to my nephew Phil, his wife Jannah and their new … Continue reading Three Wishes for Eleanor
365 Days of Thank You 