I've been bickering with myself about what to write, so I just decided to dive in. If it seems a little scattered, well, it's all the more authentic I suppose. My Grandma died last Wednesday. Not altogether a surprise, but still a shock. When someone...
I've been sitting here on our leather sectional, drinking decaffeinated tea and waiting for my laptop to reboot. I was also staring at the tv screen with its floating song title and thinking that Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 is very long . . . and then I realized...
I know, I know, it's been over a week. I was trying hard to blog at least every week, preferably twice a week, but in addition to having a busy seven days, working on my current work-in-progress and skiing twice to make up for the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of my mentors, Sue Hand. Speaking of that, I stopped in at "The Studio" recently and Sue had printed out my blog post and tacked it to the wall there. She also had a super-big hug for...
I love snow! The horrendous 60-degree weather we had on Friday (ridiculous for February, I think) redeemed itself by melting away all the horrific ice in our yard and proceeding to shower us with ten glorious inches of powder Monday morning! My only complaint is that...
I love single-tasking in theory. I think mindfulness is a great idea, but I've been really struggling to follow through today. Not that I ever do it perfectly. Well, maybe I did that day we made cookies (see the photo a few posts ago--or don't, because...
Last night we watched an episode of Frontline called "Digital Nation" It gave me more incentive to disconnect periodically and make sure I engage my brain in some longer-term activities. I feel an even greater responsibility to model this for my children. It's a long video (speaking of long-term...
I've been working at "single-tasking" for two weeks. I am far from mastering it. I have my good days, like yesterday when I was telling my friend Tina how much single-tasking has helped me and how I feel more peaceful and focused and I think I'm actually accomplishing more...
Don't worry--I'll be addressing this whole single-tasking journey again soon! But I've had some unrelated thoughts. I am realizing how much other blog posts inspire me to write my own. This one, by my new cyber-friend Lena Roy (also the grandaughter of my favorite author, Madeleine L'Engle) challenged...
So I'm working on this single-tasking thing--and I remembered after I posted yesterday that this was the whole point of my blog. Joy in the Journey. Not "Joy in a Clean House" or "Joy in Finishing the Laundry" or even "Joy in the Rat Race"....
