You spoke to me in tongues

I use little games, tricks and promised rewards to motivate myself. Like this morning, I got up early and was starting the coffee. There were dishes in the sink and I knew I should change the clean ones in the dishwasher and start a new load. I didn’t feel like…

Or it is really sad. When my youngest kid went to college a few years back, it felt so WEIRD to be home with just my husband. I didn’t know what to do with all the extra time. It was really hard. And sad. But I was so happy for…

As I have said before, writing is about two things — 1. creating, which is just letting thoughts flow on paper or screen — and 2. editing, which is revising what you have created to fit the purpose of the writing (an op-ed would be…

I was thinking the other day about how much more aware I was about changes I have made in the way I was living or cooking or exercising during the pandemic. Being stuck these last few years at home makes you notice more (like how many things need cleaning/fixing/changing in…

I will tell you right up front. Not the easiest thing we have ever done. But it depends on the greyhound. Ours was a wreck — PTSD big time and a horrible racer apparently (which is good because we got him younger — just shy of 3 years old). His…