People who know me may have been wondering why I was not writing furiously about the election during the run up over the last week or the results that we know now. The fact is, I like to take my time to digest and contextualize these things myself before I consider attempting to verbalize my …
If a Tree Falls…
...in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This is a question that I probably first heard of from a close friend when we were in high school. We were in band together, though he took it much more seriously than I did, competing in solo competitions …
The Magic of Human Relationships
Sometimes just being in the world can be overwhelming these days. It's not that you even need to be DOING anything, per se. There are so many CONSTANT demands for our attention, whether they eminate from the workplace, our relationships, our homes, or our digital lives. Then when we can finally carve out some time …
Today’s Internal Dialog
Why aren't you writing? The blog is getting stale. I'm sick of looking at screens. And I can't gather my thoughts into coherence. But the blog was never FOR coherence; it was supposed to be for writing...Yeah, I know. I'm so sick of screens, though. And work is sapping all of my soul energy. Well …
Art
Lately, I have been listening to deep-dive interviews with people involved in the arts, performing, graphic, etc., about their crafts. All art is most simply put, a form of storytelling, whether through painting on canvas, sculpting clay, writing a novel, recording a song or filming a movie. Some art requires the expression of a story …
Rain
I haven't been counting days or anything, but I'm pretty sure it has been nearly 5 months since it has really rained in my neck of the woods. Normally, we would have had SOME rain through the summer months, but this year was dry as a bone. I have felt the thirst of the ground …
So This Thing Happened Friday Night…
As soon as I was home from walking the dogs Friday evening and layed out in the hammock until I started to feel the chill of the near-fall evening, I figured out what to do next for my free evening. Hubby's playing games with the gamers leaving me with my favorite company other than him: …
Alive, but Not Living
I'll start this post with the preface that, while I am not feeling excellent or excited to be alive these days (honestly, do I ever?), I am not suicidal and this post is not intended to be a cry for help or anything like that. I won't ever tell you how to feel or react …
All Good Things Must Come to an End
I am going back to the day job Monday, after taking the last week and a half off. The first part of my time out of the office was dedicated to our annual Labor Day tradition of traveling to a group camp site for the long weekend. The trip, though cut short, really was lovely. …
Reading Makes Me Fall Asleep
About a year or more ago, I heard about a book that I became interested in called Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky. I can't recall where I heard about this book, but it was likely mentioned in some podcast or another; I find out about a lot of cool shit from podcasts. The …
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