One more thing I love about this December is five Fridays! Here’s a look at this first one through my favorite lens: Thinking about … exploring Virginia Woolf. I’ve been immersed this week in Mrs. Dalloway (a re-read in preparation … Continue reading TGIF | Early December.
Hello friends and hello December! I didn’t even mind the freezing temperatures this morning since Lucy looks so festive in her red polar fleece (and it fits her perfectly right now). She’s 16 weeks old today, so we have officially … Continue reading Hello December.
I’ve spent November practicing those same lessons about Present that I shared in September and October. Truly, I cannot overstate the impact that reading Four Thousand Weeks and The Year of the Puppy when I did had on my life … Continue reading Present | November 2022.
Hello friends – if you celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, I hope you ate well and are enjoying well-deserved leftovers today. and no matter how you spent yesterday, I hope you found ways to choose gratitude (that framing is still one of … Continue reading TGIF | Late November.
Hello friends and happy Friday! Today’s TGIF is a celebration of a milestone birthday … yesterday was my 60th! I started thinking about this birthday a few years ago, wanting to be “ready” – I embraced my gray hair, explored … Continue reading TGIF | Sixty.
Her memory for unhappiness and misery was terrible. Maybe she willed this into being and maybe it was neurological, but somehow I have inherited this tendency – of all my inheritances, it is my favorite, the most useful, though I … Continue reading Looking Back | September & October.
Hello friends, happy Friday. already?! – I guess posting on a Thursday does make a Friday post seem like it comes quickly? Lucy is three months old today; she’s been home with us for over five weeks. and wow, time … Continue reading TGIF | Early November.
Bringing Lucy home three days early cut short a few of my plans for transitioning from September to October, including my regular monthly Reading Better and Looking Back reflections. Until this past Monday, I hadn’t opened my reading journal in … Continue reading Reading Better | September & October.
Hello friends. Hello Friday. and Hello November! Again, it’s been a minute … and 30 days since Lucy came home with me. We are still settling in and practicing being present. most days that feels like plenty. but November! I … Continue reading TGIF | Hello November.
Oliver Burkeman and Alexandra Horowitz had wonderful lessons for me last month … and again this month! Burkeman certainly doesn’t suggest getting a puppy as a way to embrace “…the truth about your limited time and limited control over that … Continue reading Present | October 2022.
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