If you live in New England, I probably don’t need to say anymore about the weekend that’s just occurred in my house! Hubby didn’t feel well Thursday, by Friday a headache, by 5 pm on Friday a full blown flu event.  Saturday saw 103 temperature, juice, recharge liquids and soup (thank goodness for those soups [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately – well, actually, if you were to ask some friends and colleagues, they might tell you I think about it most of the time. In my workplace, perhaps in every workplace, one gets a “reputation” for certain ways of being. I’ve not asked anyone, but I think [...]
Tags: mindfulness·multitasking
Yesterday I went grocery shopping – no great news to anyone! But, this trip is having a very fascinating effect on our daily lives. For most of my adult life, and most importantly when raising two children, grocery shopping is usually done every two weeks. I’m systematic about it: thinking about what’s in fridge and [...]
Tags: eating·grocery shopping·vegetables
It seems some days the biggest conversation is what to pack and what to pack it in! I’ve read some excellent packing suggestions, on Rick Steves’ site, and at least one other really well organized site. I’ve read several guidebook suggestions, asked other folks what they pack and made several lists. We’re not doing the [...]
Tags: packing
Or are we? Well, we are going on sabbatical. And, in some ways and places, I suppose we’d love to still be known as hippies. You see, once upon a time, that’s what hubby and I called ourselves. I got thinking about these things this morning when we were making a spread sheet of the [...]
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Yesterday I had a great phone conversation with my mom.  She is 81 years old and has had a long and too often tough life. She’s one of 12 children, being only 1 of 3 left alive. She left school in elementary school to help her mother raise the other children. I had mentioned that [...]
Today (okay it was really yesterday!) I drove a couple of hours to see my Grandbaby and daughter too, of course! My daughter has a friend’s baby shower to go to in the next state tomorrow (today), and I’m doing childcare (yeah – fun!) If you’re confused, it’s been a while since you spent time [...]
Tags: XO
I have a greeting card I picked up at some point (maybe in my favorite card shop – Jules Besch Stationers -in Wellfleet, Cape Cod) that has a small child looking grumpy over a bowl of cereal as the illustration. At the top of the card it says “Any idiot can face a crisis — [...]
Tags: Chekhov·details·Jules Besch
Just saw an hysterical Monster television ad — I tried finding it on line — it doesn’t seem to be out there yet. It had to do with fighting off Mondays — very funny! It made me think about the idea that Mondays are going to be different for me for a few months. Although [...]
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How is it a weekend, which promises to be so long, disappears so quickly! Had a lovely dinner in with friends last night, and today went to see a movie in an old movie theatre in a near-by town. We were very excited about it since it was to be the famous Lawrence of Arabia [...]
