Easy Button, together again, slow it all down, After several days in the islands, several days on the road, bring it back to the basics, Spa Day Pun, all the fun of doing nothing but what you want to do, screen and PJ’s for the kids, puttering around with laundry and dishes and NPR for …
Month: November 2023
Elixir
Sitting in a darkened room, predawn, an elixir like no other to start the day. Heat, moonlight pouring into the space, settling deeply within, Sets the tone for the day, my mind set to soak up every last bit of happening and circumstance that will frame and mark and create the story of the day, …
Lines
What lines do we draw for ourselves? What lines do we live by… what lines, create parameters, boundaries, or maybe obstacles too? What lines tie us to our past, keep us tethered to our present, point the way to our possible futures… I used to think these lines had to be well-defined, sturdy, maybe even …
Cooking Traditions: JOOK
A long time ago when I still got the newspaper delivered, I found this recipe in the Home/Food Section. I cut the recipe out of the news pages and put it in one my cookbook binders. I’ve been making the dish ever since as part of my Thanksgiving tradition. The dish is called Jook, or …
Circumstance
Humans, we try mightily to control our circumstance. I wonder if we’re the only species that does? I don’t think it can be so, but it seems humans often go to the extreme in this matter. In the end, we often have little say as to how things end up. At least, from external forces, …
An Ode To The Irish
Long ago it began, my conscious affinity and association with the Irish, people of the far isle, The red curls and freckled face of my youth bespoke the Irish blood that pulsed through my veins, Later, words that called out to me, stirred in me an ache, impoverished, soulful joy, And so when dear Notre …
Puzzled: Black Friday
Black Friday, the busiest shopping day singularly of the year. Big deals, big discounts (apparently), The day that marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season… And on the one hand, I get it. Who doesn’t like a good deal? Christmas season is a time when gifts are given, so buying the gifts early, and …
Thanksgiving
Say what you will about any of the commercial aspects of this American holiday, Say what you will about the bad things the early pilgrims did to the indigenous people on the east coast of North America, Have your way with whatever critique you might have, I choose to celebrate this day of Thanksgiving as …
Puzzle Your Mind
“Use it or lose it.” One of my favorite mantras. Applies to your body and your mind too. I’ve got several friends who play different puzzles, like crosswords. My grandma played crosswords throughout her life. She loved them. I need more puzzles in my life. And so when one of my buddies showed me this …
Win-Win, GOOD
Wake of the 44th Annika DeAnza Lions Club Thanksgiving Food Drive, So many people volunteering time and organization and sweat to pull it all together, Humbled by all the effort, Humbled by the effort of many Lions and Friends of Lions 20 plus years my senior working hard, And humbled by the opportunity to help …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 