I’ve written about my realization that feeling a sense of scarcity and like the world owes me something is a choice and that I can choose to feel differently. I’ve … Continue reading Still More Grocery Store Lessons: Who Deserves Compassion?
I mentioned in yesterday’s post a recent trip to the grocery store, but I only told the middle of the story. Here’s how it began: So, we’d managed to make … Continue reading More Lessons in Compassion at the Grocery Store
At the grocery store the other day, I was struggling to hold a crying three-year-old with one arm while using the other to put my groceries on the conveyor belt … Continue reading Grocery Shopping: Lessons in Compassion
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I skipped my ROW80 Sunday Check-in. Here’s the deal. I’ve been writing. Not every night, but frequently enough, and often twice a day. But I’ve not been … Continue reading More to Come
We hike the Yellick Trails in Northborough, Massachusetts, fairly often. We usually hike the Old Farm Trail along the river, back through the corn field, past the beaver dam and the … Continue reading Take a Hike! Yellick Trails
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed My rating: 4 of 5 stars Early in Wild, Strayed describes one of the things that struck … Continue reading Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
First, the ROW80 Mid-week Check-in: So, I’ve written three times since Sunday, which is the right number of writing sessions for a one-session-a-day routine, but I didn’t write every day. … Continue reading Reading, Writing, ROW80, and Rest
(My ROW80 Check-in is at the bottom of this post.) Once a young man—a contemporary of mine and aspiring screenwriter who had moved to Southern California for the purpose of … Continue reading ROW80 Sunday Check-In: Stepping Back for a Wider View
Living More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre My rating: 5 of 5 stars It took me a long time to read this book. There is a lot to chew … Continue reading Book Review: Living More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre
I love library days (usually Wednesdays in our house). The kids and I trek to the library, pick up bags of books, and trek home. Used to be, we’d walk … Continue reading ROW80: Halloween Check-in, Library Love, and Indigo Girls
The Barefoot Sisters: Southbound by Lucy and Susan Letcher My rating: 4 of 5 stars My seven-year-old daughter decided recently that she wants to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, and she … Continue reading Book Review: The Barefoot Sisters: Southbound
Well, I’m still here. I had a cold this week that kind of knocked me off-balance for a couple of days. I probably didn’t need to use it as an … Continue reading ROW80 Sunday Check-In: Hanging On
Imperfect Happiness 