
Desiderata (For Julia)
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as…
April 22, 2015Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as…
April 22, 2015I think gratitude posts are especially necessary when I’m feeling stressed or anxious. Nothing pulls me out of a…
March 20, 2015op·ti·mism noun \ˈäp-tə-ˌmi-zəm\ : a feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future : a feeling…
January 23, 2015Some changes are hard to wrap one’s head around. Some, like moving, take awhile to really settle in. I…
December 15, 2014Life is full these days. Things happening in my world: Holiday weekend! I just like saying ‘holiday’. Last night when…
July 4, 2014Oh my goodness, I just happened upon a vintage map of France in my desktop folder. I have travel…
June 26, 2014It’s gray here, for what seems like the fiftieth day in a row. I’m pretty over it. I’m wondering…
June 14, 2014Let’s marinate on the word adventure for a minute. Adventure, as defined by Cambridge Dictionaries Online: an unusual, exciting, and possible…
June 9, 2014You guys, I am so happy about this spring. That’s mostly what I’m grateful for right now, this season…
May 16, 2014Dear twenty-two-year-old me, Oh my goodness, you are feeling a lot lately. You are so passionate and willing to…
May 5, 2014Cinque Terre, Italy was another stop on my 2005 Europe tour, right after Vienna and before heading into Switzerland.…
May 2, 2014March has been such a funny month. Weren’t we all just setting goals for February? I haven’t been absent…
March 29, 2014