Holidays are in full swing. Are you like me? With Christmas only days away, I have yet to buy a single present. If food and housing are your luxuries and your disposable income has been disposed of, giving gifts feels a bit much. With that said, I've wrapped up my 2025 gift ideas and can't … Continue reading Breathing Without Thinking About Breathing
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum. ~George Bernard Shaw It’s not just the Fourth of July. It’s every holiday, weekday or weekend, any day that ends with a y, morning, noon, or night. What I want to know is: why … Continue reading The Psychology of Fireworks
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. https://youtu.be/kwZxJEUOvS0?feature=shared I could not possibly improve on this KidsAcademy.Com video. We have come a long way since ‘The March on Washington’ in August 1963, but many of the same battles for … Continue reading Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Woo-hoo, Happy New Year! It must be so exciting for those of you with resolutions, (unless you’ve already broken them.) You have my giddy support, and my cynical eye-roll. I don’t partake in that tradition; I make lists. I am a bitter woman with a to-do-list that will always be written with an ostrich plume … Continue reading New Year, New Beginnings, Again
Do you ever have that gnawing feeling that something is missing, but oookaaay refill my glass? Good morning! My turn to host the Christmas meal was not an epic fail, but I forgot to put out one of the main dishes. I’ll blame stress, and the person who arrived early with champagne. One sip and … Continue reading Christmas Re-Cap
Hello word allies. This morning, I write to you as I glide on my stationary recumbent bike (because that’s part of my physical therapy regimen.) The time exhausted as the sun ascends each day on this bike, I pass likewise, by developing my thumb muscles, clicking away as I pedal. At the hour's conclusion, I … Continue reading Hosting Christmas While Grinding Molars
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