No One is Listening but Me It surrounds me with tentacles seeping their way into everything I do during my waking and who knows if sleeping hours, too. Music streams are carefully curated for me based on my unique listening habits. Music is powerful. I listen to the results of an algorithm carefully designed to […]
In a Clever Spot
In a Clever Spot Have you ever said that? Have you ever said that right after you have put something down, and then you turn around and can’t find it anywhere? Oh, it must be in a clever spot. So many times it is the important things I use daily that gravitate so easily to […]
A Trip to the Grocery Store
A Trip to the Grocery Store I ventured out into the world today for a trip to the grocery store. Yes, I could have waited. I have lentils, rice, beans, eggs, flour, oil, over-wintered chard, new spring radishes, and arugula out in the garden, and milk in the freezer that hopefully will make yogurt. But, […]
Pivot Home
Pivot Home pivot | ˈpivət | verb (pivots, pivoting, pivoted) [no object] turn on or as if on a pivot: he swung around, pivoting on his heel | the sail pivots around the axis of a virtually static mast. She pivots and finds a new way of being out in the world…at home. From the […]
One Car Family
One Car Family That’s what it feels like right now…the days when families had but one car. There was the scheduling of who needed it…for work, for errands, for recreation with the kids. That last one was mainly on weekends and in the summertime when we got to go swimming at the motel that belonged […]
10 Things I Am Thankful For
10 Things I Am Thankful For 1. My family and good friends. 2. My health. 3. Knowing how to make bread and soup.
I’m Still Here
I’m Still Here I’m still here. I am reclaiming myself and I’m still here. What I mean is that this weekend I left Facebook. I said good bye on my personal account, my fan page, and in a group for which I had been administrator. In turning it all off, I realized how much time I […]