I Accept a Helping Hand
It’s interesting to think about how much easier it is for us to offer help to others than it is to ask for help when we need it. I wonder if it’s because there can be such a fine line…
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
I am Worthy
When things are going well in life, things like self-acceptance and a positive attitude about the future is easy. However, when we go through times that are fraught with setbacks and disappointments it’s difficult to keep feelings of self-doubt at…
I am “Plan B”
Friday night I went to a drum circle. I learned about drum circles a few months ago. Never in a million years did I think that I would be comfortable sitting among a group of strangers while playing a drum…
The Art of Letter Writing isn’t Completely Lost
My family moved nine times before I was fifteen which meant that every couple of years I left my school and friends behind in one town and began the adventure of making new friends in the next one. I can…
I Share My Thoughts with Love
I’m a nice person, but that doesn’t mean my head is always filled with nice thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts can be quite mean-spirited and unloving. Over the years, as an avid avoider of conflict I’ve had a tendency to keep…
It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The month of May has been unseasonably chilly this year and it’s adversely affected my exercise mojo. The towpath, my bike, and my camera have been calling my name for a while now and yesterday I finally answered. Although it’s…
We Create Our Own Reality
What do Mahatma Gandhi and Ray Kinsella, the character played by Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, have in common? One man is real, of great historical significance, and influenced people around the world. The other is a fictional character…
Release Fear and Embrace Life
I’m just about at the half-way point in my daily affirmation project. An affirmation is a positive statement that reinforces the good things in life and about ourselves as individuals. They can be used to help re-frame they way we…
I Create My Life
Have you ever heard of Sometime Isle? Neither had I until I attended a book signing and luncheon at a small cafe’ in Dorset, Minnesota. The author’s style wasn’t exactly my cup of tea, but her ardent fans clearly loved…
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Wonderful Moms, Especially Mine
I’d always assumed that Mother’s Day was started by Hallmark, but it turns out that’s not the case at all. There have been various precursors to the spring holiday that can be traced back as far as the ancient Greeks and…