Some Wisdom for the Week
Do you ever find yourself longing for a bit of wisdom, a few choice words to set you right, to calm your pounding heart, to settle you down during a crisis or a time of confusion? I sure do. At … Continue reading →
Karen
Good Advice!
Doin’ my best. How about you? But some days it’s just plain difficult. Too tired. Too overwhelmed. Too sad. Too disinterested. Too preoccupied. Too confused. Too bewildered. That happened to me last week. So I gave in. I stepped off … Continue reading →
A Blue Sky Day!
I looked through my collection of travel photos this week and this one popped out. It is just what I needed to see–a reminder of a gorgeous day on one of the bus trips I took a few years ago. … Continue reading →
More Than One Way to Make Lemonade
My great-grandson Massey and his grandmother (my daughter Erin he calls Mimi) visited me over the weekend. Massey asked for lemonade but I didn’t have any lemons or sugar so what were we to do? Ah! We had cold water … Continue reading →
Sweet September
The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. Helen Hunt Jackson My daughter Julie enjoying a slice of apricot pie at local Gizdich Ranch while visiting from Ohio. I … Continue reading →
What’s the Rush?
The other day I woke up feeling fidgety. I wasn’t quite sure which task I wanted to tackle first–mopping the floors, ironing a batch of clothes, shopping for groceries, organizing a bookshelf, washing clothes or feeding and watering my plants. … Continue reading →
Shhh! The Gift of Silence
A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why aren’t we all like that wise old bird? This old English nursery rhyme offers a … Continue reading →
Hands Off Other People’s Everything
A woman with lovely blue eyes, graying hair, and expressive hands set up a tent card on the conference table and then another and another, each one with a printed slogan. I was attending a support group meeting and I … Continue reading →
Yes, Yes, and Yes Again!
I remember the opening words of M. Scott Peck’s best-selling book, The Road Less Traveled. “Life is difficult.” And to that he added at the beginning of his sequel, Further Along the Road Less Traveled, “Life is complex.” To his … Continue reading →
Feel Like Making a U-Turn?
I saw a U-Turn sign recently and it reminded me of how useful such a sign can be when I’ve driven too far in the wrong direction. I wish I could make a U-Turn in life sometimes when I … Continue reading →