A Tale of Two Squirrels

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a Toastmaster speech. Last night I gave speech #3 from the Advanced Communicator Series – Storytelling. The project was to tell a story with a moral. The examples they gave were The Tortoise and the Hare and another one about mice and a cat. I struggled to think […]

Don’t Hate – Meditate

Learning to take care of myself has been a challenge, coming from a family and culture of “do-gooders”, but you can’t help others if you’re not in a good place yourself!

For me, meditation is key to feeling better both mentally and physically.

A Vermont Wedding

On July 1, 2017, my brother John married his longtime love Cara, in a beautiful Vermont wedding. The party began on Friday afternoon, when many of the guests began arriving at the Echo Lake Inn in Ludlow, VT. It was raining off and on, so we were mostly confined to the porch, where everyone was […]

Give me time…

Hello there, friendly friends! I have so much to write about and for some reason lately I have felt like I have NO time to blog. Or perhaps I just have no energy left, after all the adventuring we’ve been doing. Let’s see. My brother John got married to his longtime girlfriend Cara on 7/1/17. […]

Overheard on our Saturday Walk…

“She used to work as a dental assistant, but she had a workplace injury and hasn’t been able to work again…” Our curiosity piqued, Dave and I walk silently as we pass the pack of older women walking on the linear trail. I’m envisioning a drill gone rogue, or maybe a brutal severing of phalanges […]

Hello from Ontario!

Well, hi there! I am writing this from my bed at the Pillar and Post Inn in Niagara on the Lake. Not to be confused with Niagara Falls – it is NOT the same place. (Though the Falls are not far from here.) This is wine country.

Time to cut the crap.

Several things have happened lately that have inspired me to begin making some big changes in my life… (this is a humongous post, so I’ll wait while you grab a cup of tea or a snack to help you get through it). Captain Fantastic A few weeks ago, Dave and I watched Captain Fantastic and […]

Throwback Thursday – Papers from the Past

Lately I’ve been on a roll going through old papers and either taking pics of them or scanning them and then CHUCKING THEM! It feels so good to be rid of the excess stuff, and since I’m preserving it digitally, I don’t feel so torn about throwing it out. Of course, there is still the […]

A Minimalist Trip to Boston

This past weekend, Dave and I went up to Boston! I love going there. It’s an easy drive (as long as you don’t hit traffic…), and the city itself is just so… people-sized. Months ago, I saw that The Minimalists were going to do a show at The Wilbur. In a moment of spontaneity, I […]

Throwback Thursday – Little House on the Prairie

If I’ve ever loved anything in my life it has been the Little House books. Last year, my mom gave me a new book, Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, and I was once again able to connect with a kindred spirit from so long ago. The book contains some early drafts of Little House in the Big […]