Back in November, it was the Delta strand that took me down. I can’t remember if I wrote about it. Thoughts I may have felt inclined to share are likely not to have left my murky brain and the muddle it sat in for those few weeks of sluggish despondency and achy everything. …
This week I had much I planned to accomplish that went awry. My outreach was to focus on waiting, and the benefits that most of us impatient people (my hand shoots straight up) don’t often consider. But, irony of all ironies, I’ve come down with a summer cold this week. (Not Covid, although…
Let’s talk about the gulch. Specifically, let’s talk about the gulch, and how the lack of being present can drop us into said gulch. Lately, being present has been a personal focus of mine. Or trying to be present, I should confess. When I find moments of calm – a solitary beach walk,…
Dear everybody. Life feels more EXPENSIVE than ever. Basic groceries have spiked, and the cost of gas for our cars is stupid. Everything feels overpriced. And we don’t seem to be getting any pay raises, price, or tax cuts anytime soon. From here, the mental and emotional temperature of so many is feverish. Fingers…