It SEEMS Wrong

Today my brother is celebrating his 36th wedding anniversary. His beloved wife is being cremated today. It doesn’t seem fair. It’s bad enough to lose your spouse three days before your anniversary, but having her cremated on that day seems a bit much for God to give anyone to bear.

Yet bear it, he . . . → Read More: It SEEMS Wrong

Grow New

When loss or tragedy smashes into our world, we have two choices – we can either grow old, or grow new. Growing old gives into the tragedy. It lets loss of another steal whatever life we have left. It invites serious depression, often requiring help to overcome it. It makes you way old way, way . . . → Read More: Grow New

Coming Soon!

The book I’m illustrating for Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, The Trouble With Ralph, is on it’s way to completion. (Diana also writes adult fiction and a blog – check out her website) If you had told me at anytime in my life that I’d illustrate a book, especially one that wasn’t mine, I’d never have . . . → Read More: Coming Soon!

Deluded

My daughter recently cleaned out her clothes and have me two bags of things she thought I might like. This, in turn, caused me to clean out my clothes.

My first step was to try things on and decide if I’d ever wear it again. My clothes are more than four years old so . . . → Read More: Deluded

NE

No, I didn’t misspell me. No, I’m not talking about the northeast or New England.

Today I had planned on going to four thirty yoga. Hot yoga. Yeah, I know. It’s 97 degrees at four o’clock. Hot yoga just doesn’t seem to be the thing to do – especially when you live on a . . . → Read More: NE

The Landscape of Aging

The summer cardio workouts are out at Koko Fit Club. Summer Hike is already my favorite. While I’m “hiking” on the elliptical Michael Wood fitness trainer is talking to me. Today he started with this quote:

Being fit, or getting fit, at middle age, even if you’ve never worked out before, changes the landscape of . . . → Read More: The Landscape of Aging

Why Vegan?

Back in the winter, Leigha Hall, who writes the My Bikram Yoga Life blog, was blogging about transitioning to veganism. She was already a vegetarian and handling that well. Her vegan adventures just seemed really hard and cumbersome, so I left her a comment about it. She took my comment and hoped I didn’t mind . . . → Read More: Why Vegan?

Pink Wine

Ten years ago I was introduced to wine. I didn’t understand wine. It didn’t taste very good, so my husband suggested I try white zin. White zin was a very pretty pink wine, a bit sweet and I fell in love with it. After about five years my husband suggested I branch out. Try white . . . → Read More: Pink Wine

Make A World

This morning someone was on Rachel Ray giving relationship advice. I don’t know who because I was vacuuming and emptying the garbage while he was talking. It was one little simple thing that he said that made me stop shaking out the garbage bag and pay attention. He said:

“Don’t go out and look for . . . → Read More: Make A World

Making Space

A few posts ago I likened life to a bucket. It can only hold so much. A time will come when things down on the bottom stagnate and you have to take some stuff out to make space for new things. I did that today.

After the post on the Cape Cod Mommies site, . . . → Read More: Making Space