2023 already! How did that happen so suddenly? I must have been dozing at the switch. But here it is, ready or not—I’ll just have to brace myself to do it again! I’m not complaining. I love the process of reflecting on the past year and considering some resolutions for… Read More »A Shiny New Year!
I moved on December 29 of this year. Christmas was over, and New Year was spent in a frenzy of settling into my new home, a condo. Moving took all my attention and energy. I scarcely remember the holiday season. But this year is different. I am settled, much more… Read More »The First Christmas in My New Home
In the past, I’ve always enjoyed decorating at Christmas. But I scaled down my social contacts in 2019, due to the Covid scare, and in 2020 and 2021 I knew I wouldn’t be home for Christmas, so the boxes of decorations stayed securely in my storage space, untouched. But this… Read More »Decorating for Christmas
I’m a big sissy when it comes to cold weather. We’ve had a beautiful spring, summer and fall, which fade into distant memory as the weather changes. I’m not speaking for everyone I know—I’m sure some people love this season of dropping temperatures, darker days and increased rainfall! But I… Read More »Brrrrrrrrrr!
When I feel inspired and get to my computer early in the day, the ideas flow and I am usually rewarded with a few pages of script for my blog. I sit back after a couple of hours and read what I have written. More often than not, I’m… Read More »From Books to Blogging
I have been retired from the teaching profession for several years, but it seems I haven’t left it completely. Some things I did still resonate with me and are relevant even today. One thing I consistently did, and still do now, is account for how I spend my time, and… Read More »Seeking Meaning In What I Do
Schimbarea Anotimpului – The words are Romanian, my native tongue. They mean, ‘change of seasons’ but the meaning is universal, and especially poignant for me in the fall. It’s October, and the skies are clear all day, only becoming slightly overcast and brooding, as the evenings close in earlier and… Read More »The Desire for Change – Can We Be Happy With What We Have?
Are you confident, striding through the world, completely in control? Are you relentlessly curious, trying new things without a moment of caution? Do you exhibit a particular manner of expression? Are you distinctively casual, formal, or friendly, and follow your own code in whatever company you are with? When a… Read More »How Do You Walk Through the World?
When you were a kid, you knew what friends were for. You lived for having friendships. Your life would be worthless, you believed, if you didn’t have friends. You wanted to do everything with them, have meals with them, share happy times with them, even have sleep-overs with them. Your… Read More »That’s What Friends Are For
In most of my life, I’m organized, time-conscious, a list maker, a tiresome keeper of commitments and schedules, I am told. I make promises and I keep them. I expect people who make promises to me, to keep them as well. But for the most part, I’m an accepting person,… Read More »Procrastination and Perfectionism—A Deadly Duo
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