After Joan got her diagnosis I made a point of trying to see her in person every few weeks. (My first husband and I got pretty good at keeping ourselves awake and entertained on the New Jersey Turnpike. Sometimes the drive from Connecticut to Washington DC seemed endless.) On one of these many visits I…
Time to check in! How are you doing? Gone to the gym lately? I’m caught reaching for a food chemically formulated to addict me with an added bonus of zero nutritional value. It probably won’t make me healthier. Let’s not look at our failures. Let’s take pride in our baby steps to a better version…
Of course, Saturdays and Sundays aren’t a new invention, but the concept of ‘weekend’ as we know it in the United States did not originate until the rise of the labor movement in the early 1900s. Unions formed and demanded shorter hours and more time off for workers to recuperate from their physically demanding jobs.…
And the Bowl! Those who work hard, should play hard. Today I gave myself permission to play. The result? Beautiful colors of Easter Eggs, baked brownies and a feast of leftovers for lunch. We sang and danced making joyful (and not so joyful) noise. When the sun broke through the rain clouds we went outside…
Pruning away my worry about the world! I’m sure everyone has felt the extra worry-burden given the world by the COVID pandemic. I admit it — I am a fret-er! So I have spent a lot of time worrying about the health of the world, the pain and loss felt by loved ones of the…
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