Internationally, our world is focused on the pandemic of the Covid 19 virus. You are hearing about it everywhere you turn. Let me give you some practical advice. A virus is a tiny parasite that can only survive in a living organism. It spreads by being introduced into your body. So all that advice about […]
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“International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The first International Women’s Day was in 1911.” https://www.internationalwomensday.com I see this day as a day to celebrate each of us individually for the impact we […]
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Have you noticed an apparent obsession with screen time that people have? In restaurants, look around and see how many cell phones you see? I don’t use my cell phone while walking on sidewalks because it seems like everyone else is, and I prefer not to get bumped into. And in movie theatres, even though […]
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I was born and raised in a small town in central California named Porterville. Growing up, I spent lots of time at our library. My very first job was there when my teacher recommended me to read stories to the children on Saturday mornings for pay. I was thrilled to be in a place I […]
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Valentine’s Day is always a tough one. Everywhere I look I see hearts, flowers, and diamonds. People are smiling and holding hands, and here I sit trying to remember what it felt like to be kissed. When I realized what I was doing, I decided I had better shift my focus, so I started […]
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I saw a leaf dangling in the breeze, barely connected to the branch where it had grown, and I thought of me and my relationship with grief. Dangling is that tenuous position where I delicately hang, fluttering in the breeze not sure of whether to hang on or let go. Hanging on seems important. I’ve […]
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I enjoyed watching the Grammy Awards last night, though the constant reminders of the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter kept me thinking about his family. In that context, one song really affected me. Tanya Tucker sang “Bring My Flowers Now” for which she earned her first Grammy 47 years after her first Grammy […]
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Wabi-Sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of finding the beauty of imperfection. Grief is like this. There is nothing perfect about grief. Grief goes all over the place with highs and lows and unexpected sharp turns and cliffs. Yet grief also has the beauty of precious memories, the coming together of family and friends, and the […]
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I’ve always been told that things come in threes, and that seems to be so. When I woke up this morning at the start of this new decade. I was thinking about what I had done last year that brought me joy, and I thought of three things. That led me to think about what […]
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