Scheduling Sunday

Scheduling Sunday

It’s Sunday. As a kid, that meant church and Sunday dinner with all the imagined Southern staples. No sleeping in or playing golf in our household. Rather, we were up, finely dressed and yelling at each other to hurry up as to not miss the opening hymn. Right side,...
Puzzling it Together

Puzzling it Together

Are you a jigsaw puzzle fan? Those impossible ones with many thousands of pieces that all look the same? Can’t say I really am one myself. I don’t have the patience, nor do I get bored enough, to willingly put myself through the agony of the cyclical torture … hope to...
Three Pods and Two Trucks

Three Pods and Two Trucks

My life exists in three pods and two trucks. Except for the Hawaiian girl and the corn snake. They are being housed by the realtor. Yesterday, we said good-bye to our home of ten years. The one where I raised my kids. Fed the neighborhood. Met the Montgomery County...
After-Burn (noun)

After-Burn (noun)

After-Burn (noun): the feeling one has in reaction to having displayed new, exciting healthy behaviors. Anything to do with owning our power and taking care of ourselves. Might include such feelings as guilt, shame, fear. The emotional backlash of finally deciding to...
Persistent Beauty

Persistent Beauty

The crocuses are popping up all over Washington. I’m not sure what they are thinking given that it is still hat-and-glove weather here in our nation’s capital. I can hear them – “Really, we are on now? Can’t we sleep a little longer till the ground is softer and the...