I’m writing this post in the Hampton Inn in Elmira, NY. Tomorrow morning I take the 6 AM flight to Detroit and after a stop in Minneapolis I will end up in Portland, where I’ll be for the weekend visiting Emily and the kids and seeing her new house and going to yoga and doing … Continue reading Inspired By In January 2025
Transforming Worry into Art: A Call to Action
I’m not a firebrand. I’m not a person who will stand on a corner with a sign and yell at passing cars. But I am also not someone who will roll over. I will not comply. I will find ways to resist that are more subtle, more subversive, and hopefully more effective.
Self-Discipline vs. Consistency: Finding Your Best Approach
The Dragon energy of self-discipline is great and necessary in short spurts, but consistency will get me there happier and less broken.
Morning Pages
I still never really know what will happen here when I begin. I often change everything two or three times before I hit Publish. I always think these posts are sooo boring, and question why I persist, but yet I do. It’s like a sick compulsion. It’s like a job nobody hired me to do but I feel I have to do it anyway.
Lighten Up, Buttercup.
Buttercup eats when she’s hungry, sleeps when she’s tired, and doesn’t know what day it is most of the time. The culture doesn’t even know Buttercup exists, or if it does, it doesn’t take her seriously or make any demands of her. Buttercup is a child, according to the culture. Buttercup better grow the hell up.
Winterlude 2024
It starts now. I've gotten myself unpacked, and I've made the best of this beautiful but totally not functional Airbnb in Ithaca.. I'll be here for the next three days. I've brought all my journals from the past year and I'm going to do a year-end review of my hits and misses, wins and losses, … Continue reading Winterlude 2024
Word of the Year 2025
And in this way, I’ll use my “word of the year” as my North Star. Then, when I find myself on the well-worn path leading into the Forest of Gloom and Doom, I can (hopefully) remember my mantra: Lighten up, lighten up, lighten up, and reverse course.
Christmas. *sigh*
It’s not that I don’t like Christmas…okay, scratch that. I don’t like Christmas. Christmas makes me feel like a hostage held at gunpoint, forced to do and say things I don’t mean. “Got all your shopping done? “All ready for Christmas?” Why does everyone SAY this??? No. I am not ready for Christmas. I don’t … Continue reading Christmas. *sigh*
Protect Your Peace: The Benefits of Disconnecting from Media
My posts have been so downbeat lately. First, I was whining about how my eye surgery got FUBARed, Then, the election had me in a total rage. But I’m here this week to report I’m feeling better. I’ve stopped reading the news and going on social media, and it’s made a tremendous difference in my … Continue reading Protect Your Peace: The Benefits of Disconnecting from Media
Hurt People and Political Choices: A Deep Dive
But then Trump came along and gave voice to this rage. He said the quiet parts out loud. What he said sounded bold and outrageous but TRUE! He said what he'd been thinking and feeling his whole life, but could never say because it would get him in deep trouble.
Inspiration Location 