Over the past many months, one thing I have not written about was my soon-to-be status as a grandmother. My daughter had a baby last week—my first grandchild. I can’t post a picture, nor reveal the child’s name, because I have promised my daughter I would not do so without […]
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Winter Park 2010: A Reflection on Life and Time
As I browsed through my digital photographs looking for something to write about, I came across a folder of pictures I took on a ski trip to Winter Park, Colorado, in 2010. The trip actually took place in late March 2010, during my daughter’s last spring break in law school. […]
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My Self-Image Through Rose-Colored Glasses
I recently got new eyeglasses. I’ve needed corrective lenses since I was eight and a half, so this was not a new experience for me. But every time I get new frames, my image of myself changes. My first glasses were blue cat-eyes. I was assured they were very cute. […]
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The Pause Between Years
I usually post about Oregon history during the last week of the month, but this week I am feeling the pause between years. The week between Christmas and New Year’s has always felt to me like time to heave a big sigh and relax, to sit in the moment suspended […]
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My Gratitude Journal This Thanksgiving
I’ve written before about the journal I have kept for the past twenty years. About two years ago, sometime after the pandemic started, I decided to add a paragraph each day listing things I was grateful for. I’d read about the healing powers of keeping a gratitude journal, and this […]
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Time Is Relative: I’m One Degree of Separation from 1867
Recently I was doing more research for my current work-in-progress the is set in 1867. (Yes, it’s drafted. Yes, I’m heavily into editing. And yes, I’m still researching arcane issues.) I came across a tidbit of information I hadn’t focused on before, and it got me thinking about how 1867 […]
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The Long-Term Impact of the Pandemic on Our Lives
My husband and I have thankfully escaped getting COVID-19 so far (knock on wood), though one after another of our friends and family have reported testing positive. Or if we’ve had the virus, we’ve been among the asymptomatic. So we have not had to cope with long COVID. But that […]
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When Plans Go Awry
This wasn’t the post I intended to write today. But in the last couple of weeks, not much has gone as I intended. I’ve written before that I am a planner. Before I went to my daughter’s wedding, I’d planned what work I would do on my novel, on my […]
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Mindfulness: Did I Know It When I Felt It?
Earlier this week, I went to a yoga class for the first time in a couple of months. Life has been getting in the way, but I have missed the class, so I made it a priority this past Monday. It felt good to stretch and to hold the strengthening […]
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Birthdays Old and New
I’m not good at remembering summer birthdays. Maybe it’s because there’s too much else to do. Maybe it’s because summer was never birthday season in my family. Growing up, my family’s birthdays were either in the spring or the autumn. We had birthdays in March, April, and September. The last […]
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