The joy of leaving things unfinished
I am a voracious reader. Always have been. There was a big swath of time in my childhood and early adolescence where the answer to “where’s Janet?” inevitably was “in her room reading.” The...
Category: Joy
Have we gotten TOO casual?
I am old enough to remember dressing up for air travel. Not dainty hats and white gloves dressing up, but still suits or dresses and nice shoes. And paper menus for the meal choices!...
Make new friends
I made two new friends last week, in the Chicago airport. I don’t mean that we just chatted for a few minutes–I mean that we actually exchanged contact information and even have texted with...
Fix It Yourself!
I recently was visiting my good friend Sara at her Florida beach house. (And let me interrupt myself here to note how important it is to have friends with Florida beach houses, or Colorado...
The Wild Wild Midwest
There is a golf course near my home. It has beautiful rolling hills, ponds with fish and frogs, and lovely landscaping. If I get up early enough in the morning, and it’s not too...
Sometimes it is not your fault
I believe in taking responsibility for your mistakes. And boy, I have made plenty of mistakes! Sometimes it’s pretty obvious that it was my fault (um, I forgot to plug in the crock pot...
Happy birthday to everyone!
I am terrible at remembering birthdays. I like to say that unless I am married to you or you came out of my body, I’m not going to remember your birthday. But even that...
Scream Therapy
I don’t scream on roller coasters–I tend to smile (grimace?) while being whipped around curves and flung upside down. I don’t scream at scary movies, although I certainly may jump when caught off guard....
The joy of slowing down
I am a “Type A” personality. That can mean, depending on the moment, that I am hyper-focused, super organized, and a perfectionist. It also means that I typically speed through my days, weeks, and...
What have I been teaching?
I read a lot, and I like to read fiction. I know lots of people (and am related to many of them) who read Important Books. Heavy non-fiction about economics and politics and history....