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Week 52 - ending 12/30: The End
I had every intention of writing something acknowledging that I accomplished this goal of writing once per week and what I learned....
Dec 30, 20233 min read


Week 51 - ending 12/23: Life Rambling
I have been traveling recently out of the country. During my travels I have met people from all over. Some originally from the places I...
Dec 23, 20232 min read


Week 50 - ending 12/16: Her
The other day, I was driving and heard a song that reminded me of a previous relationship I was in. As I thought about the relationship I...
Dec 16, 20232 min read


Week 49 - ending 12/9: Boundaries
I was talking with a friend the other day who asked me a question about boundaries. She said, "have you noticed lately that your...
Dec 9, 20232 min read


Week 48 - ending 12/2: How Much Change
All my life I have had a resistance to change. I never saw the reason things couldn't just stay the same. Even when life worked out for...
Dec 2, 20232 min read


Week 47 - ending 11/25: What I Have to Show
Lately I have been becoming painfully aware of how hard I try compared to some other people. For my job, we have to take the on call once...
Nov 25, 20232 min read


Week 46 - ending 11/18: Disappointment
My workplace likes to encourage employees to improve. This includes working on oneself and ones interpersonal relationships with others...
Nov 18, 20233 min read


Week 45 - ending 11/11: 45 Things
In honor of turning 45 this month I have decided to list 45 things on the 45th week of the year. 10 things I am grateful for 25 things I...
Nov 11, 20235 min read


Week 44 - ending 11/4: Grace
Our CEO oftens advises us to have grace. Have grace for our fellow employees who are struggling. Have grace for our fellow employees who...
Nov 4, 20232 min read


Week 43 - ending 10/28: Judgement
Maya Angelou stopped talking for six years after, she believed, her words sent a man to prison and ultimately to his death. Speaking her...
Oct 28, 20232 min read


Week 42 - ending 10/21: Ramblings
My mind has been very unfocused lately. My thoughts scatter and nothing remains in my head long enough to work through it. Safety,...
Oct 21, 20233 min read


Week 41 - ending 10/14: Home
Throughout life home can change from being a person, place, feeling or object. Sometimes we spend years trying to find a home. Sometimes...
Oct 14, 20232 min read


Week 40 - ending 10/7: Swell
A busy mind coupled with a lot of travel has left me with little creativity to write. As a result I will recycle a poem I wrote for a...
Oct 7, 20232 min read


Week 39 - ending 9/30: Happiness Under a Tree
When I moved I left with two suitcases of mostly clothing. I brought a few other items over the years but not much. When I moved from my...
Sep 30, 20232 min read


Week 38 - ending 9/23: Land of Opportunity
This week I had no ideas or stories that came to mind. Instead I have been stuck in my head thinking about different things and feeling...
Sep 23, 20232 min read


Week 37 - ending 9/16: Two Halves, Push and Pull
The older I get the more I learn about my parents through observing them and me. My parents divorced before I was a year old so I never...
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Week 36 - ending 9/9: Here with Me
The last time we spoke was sometime in mid 2017. A blow up text exchange after a failed reconciliation attempt 20 years after we first...
Sep 9, 20232 min read


Week 35 - ending 9/2: Never Ending Desire for Never Changing
Once again the idea of a resting life is on my mind. Dolores Cannon talks about resting lives. These are lives people have where nothing...
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Week 34 - ending 8/26: Whose Fault is this!
I used to work in a company whose CEO would respond to any problem by asking, "whose fault is this?!" Instead of digging down to figure...
Aug 26, 20232 min read


Week 33 - ending 8/19: Helpless
Last week Lahaina was devastated by wildfires. While the news coverage focused there because of the incredible loss of life and property,...
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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