Surrounded

I sit, surrounded by the past, burning the midnight oil. I am enthralled and a bit gobsmacked.

WOTY ’24

I have spent a while with certain words percolating in the back of my mind. In the end, my original thought is what keeps floating back to the top, like farm fresh, thick, rich cream.

The good, the weird and the cute

Sometimes, a lot of the time, the world seems like a dark place. Yesterday, I found goodness and felt the story was worth sharing. Then I added on a couple of random items.

Closed for the Season

April is both the start and the finish and always comes with its own flow. This year had an exception, but the basic patterns remain unchanged.

Just one thing x 37

We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health. But we are inundated with often conflicting advice. If you were going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical health, what should it be?

Dr. Micheal Mosley

Weather what?

It started out as a wordless Wednesday walk post, but time even ran away from me on a wordless post. Then I thought ah, Thursday doors, but again, it didn’t make it to the top of the list. So then I thought a Friday finish with doors being a metaphor for something? How about if the doors tied into my reading and I did a #what’sonyourbookshelf? Or do I just throw up my hands and say “what a week” and give it up and hit delete?

#Sundaystills The Road to silence

And with a quick snappy click, the room descended into complete and total silence.

33 links to hope

365 days ago, I felt that hope was hidden, and so it became my focus word. It’s been a good focal point as the year flashes by.

Thursday thoughts

Take care of your memories, for you can not relive them.

Bob Dylan

I reviewed 2022 as I wrote our Christmas letter and thought about the year that is passing and the memories I will carry forward from it.

Trailing it…

I feel incredibly blessed to have many walking trails right outside our back door and through The Gateway. Even when we lived in the city I sought out the nature walks along the river. It grounds me even if the trail is hard slugging (think tall tall grasses or deep deep snow) or hard to find (mostly cow and deer trails and sometimes they disappear). I love to take my littles on a walk and they love to go. There is always something new to see even, when one walks the same area regularly, if observant and mindful. Plus it seems I sort out a lot of mental headspace when I walk.