Have the feelings. Know that they are there. Realize that feelings are fleeting things. Be okay with that. Decide that you are going to do something for yourself that involves neither salt, sugar, nor fat. One option is to have your first ever pedicure done by someone other than yourself or your relatives. Be overwhelmed… Continue reading How to not eat your feelings
Tag: introspection
Lent for Agnostics
A friend of mine asked on FB a couple weeks ago whether someone wanted to take on the challenge of giving up something for Lent. While I am not religious, I am very much about reflection and challenging oneself. So, I said that I was in. So for a while I will be giving up… Continue reading Lent for Agnostics
Last Night
Lately, when I encounter folks who are a part of my writing life, they ask me if I’m writing anything (which I appreciate!). I then answer something like, “Uh, just Facebook statuses.”We laugh about this and carry on. This has been true for quite some time, but I’ve learned not to feel so bad about… Continue reading Last Night
Goals
For the last few years, I haven’t made New Year’s Resolutions. Instead, I tend to set goals at my birthday. I usually set a number of them. This is the third year that I’ve done this. I like these goals to be personally meaningful to me. But as some of the longer term goal are… Continue reading Goals
The Sketchbook Project
I read Design Sponge, and had been seeing the ad for months, when extreme thirst and a (correct) hunch that I had failed to lock my door woke me up in the middle of the night. I started poking around online and saw the ad. Again. And that the deadline had been extended. And signed… Continue reading The Sketchbook Project
I shouldn’t have found this
The problem with biography is that biographers either love or hate their subjects. I like to read biographical love letters, yes, just short of hagiography. In the President Project, this is dangerous for me. You see, these men just come off as sexy and they ruin my dreams and inhabit my poetry. So,when I saw… Continue reading I shouldn’t have found this
Third Monday
The third Monday of the month goes a lot like this: 6:15 Wake up and get myself ready for the day 6:45 Wake Alex up and get him ready for the day. 7:00 Breakfast 7:30 Leave for school 8:00 Drop Alex off at School 8:30 Meeting at work 12:00 (or so) Try to squeeze in… Continue reading Third Monday
Two seasons
I am really proud of this tomato because it grew from a plant that I started from seed. I didn’t maintain the plant, but take satisfaction in the success of the seed starting. Woo-hoo, heirloom tomato. Seeing the tomato, the vegetable of summer (in my mind) makes me feel like the season isn’t winding down.… Continue reading Two seasons
Thinking, changing
Here I am on inauguration day thinking about everything but. It feels like I’ve decided not to go to a big party. I woke up last night several times with a racing mind. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how you’re always laying the foundation for something, whether you know it or not. In… Continue reading Thinking, changing
one, two, three…
How do the weekends go so quickly! Thursday evening, I bought the Nike+ sensor thingie to go with my iPod so that I could track any running that I do. I’m glad that I did. I am trying (again) to take up running. Once upon a time, I was thinking about running a 5k, but… Continue reading one, two, three…