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!
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?
It’s a difficult thing to do—this thing we call ‘living in the moment’. The call of the future is powerful. It constantly distracts us with thoughts like, “What should I do next?” and “Okay, I have finished this, now I should do that.” And the call of the past is… Read More »Is Living In The Moment Harder As We Age?
At the risk of being repetitive, I have one more post about spring. It’s April on the West Coast, and I just can’t help myself—it’s a glorious time of year here and one of my favorite months. This is partly due to the fact that it’s my mother’s and sister’s… Read More »Capricious April Ushers in the Beginning of Spring
March is here, and it’s as crazy as ever. It’s raining hard one minute, and the next minute the sun is shining. All this to the steady hum of the wind, hammering against my window. Every time I look out, it’s blowing in a different direction—tree branches bowing every which… Read More »March Madness
Today, a sense of calm has come over me. It’s almost strange after the worry and unrest of the past few months. But here I am sipping a cup of chamomile tea early in the morning, looking out across the dark harbor, waiting for dawn. You could almost say I… Read More »Returning to a sense of calm
It is now three months since I posted an article. I made a conscious decision on September 27 to step away for a while. The corona virus affected me deeply. No, I wasn’t worried about getting it—I was consumed with other issues. I was overcome with fear about what it… Read More »Happy New Year, Everyone!
It has taken me two weeks to write this blog. The first ten days were spent procrastinating and resisting every step along the way. For the past three days, although I split the task into small parts, doing one step at a time, my fingers continued to move across the… Read More »One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
This week more and more data and details about the pandemic have been directed at us. How does all that information affect us? How does it impact our emotions? And most importantly, where does it all go? Most of it, according to popular thinking, is stored in the left-brain hemisphere.… Read More »Our Emotions on a Roller Coaster
Being a kid should be fun. This is a time for children learning, using their imagination, testing their skills against the world. But being a kid during a pandemic is no fun at all. Not being able to go to school to meet up with friends, challenge their intellect, and… Read More »Nothing Easy About School This Fall
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