So much going on. Decorating and event planning and attending and gift-shopping and meals prep and dancing children and singing children and too much sugar and grumpy children and the house in shambles and getting ready for a holiday meal and the year-end push at work, and last minute crises, and lending a hand where …
Category: mental health
Roll With It
There’s plenty of wisdom wrapped up in the simple phrase: “Roll with it” ... So many references, but the concept is the same. It’s something like, “as a situation plays out and you have little or no leverage or influence that can change the immediate outcome, go with that outcome, accept it in the present, …
Blog Like a Tweet: Two Red Birds on a Branch
I got this pic via SMS in the middle of a hurried day. A painting someone did for fun. It made my day a whole lot better, this little surprise, so I wanted to share it. GOOD. For me, for you. 🙂
“Lie In Our Graves”
Dave Matthews and his band have a ton of good songs, in my humble opinion. Not only is the music awesome, and the lyrics often more so, I'd say. This one is one of my favorites from the first ten or so years of their jamming together. AWESOME. Step into the light... "When I step …
Colors of the Season
Red and green and festive, that’s what I go for this time of year. The lights are everywhere, decoration abounds that adds to the mood. Another variation on the same theme: let the joy flow to the fore, let the light shine bright, let your spirit be lifted, and strive to do the same for …
Find the Joy
I know how I want to feel. I know how I wish I felt. And yet, the joy seems fleeting. Sitting down at the table, getting greeting cards together to go out for the holidays, the afternoon light spills in behind me. A few stuffed animals watch over my careful work. This time of year, …
Holidays, Parties, & Good Cheer
It’s that time of year, it’s time once again for the holiday cheer. A mixed bag at best, I really don’t jest, but let me tell you why it’s better than the rest. But without the rhythm, I don't really have the time. 🙂 Here's the deal. It's the time of year with special opportunities. …
Old Stories, Albums, Life
Was gonna rant on and on about early Dave Matthews lyrics. The first two albums I listened to way back when — “Under The Table and Dreaming”, and “Crash”...so much good music and words put together. Fun, creative, inspired, it was all of that and more. I pulled out “Crash” for the drive home last …
What’s in a List?
I always come back to the same thing. It’s my default. It’s what ended up grounding me, proving again and again the proper path. Sometimes I feel like I’ve got too much on the to-do list. It’s endless. And then I’m not getting enough done. Or maybe more accurately, things take longer than I estimate, …
Jazz with Howie
Sitting in the car on a rainy afternoon. Jazz on the radio, old school. 91.1 FM, KCSM (the "CSM" stands for College of San Mateo). Smooth groove, easy on ears, heart, soul, purring, pouring out the jam. The rain water collects on the windows, tap tap tap it falls, beads, drips down. This place, a …
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