The heat. The waves of the shore. The splashing and laughter of children running along the beach. Birds with wings unfurled. Blue skies. Warm winds. Flowers adding color to the bland, green landscape. Summer. A time of lazy reflections, And a time to recharge. Summer. Gardens for vegetables, And nectar for buzzing insects. Flies drifting… Continue reading summer…
Category: Simplicity
it’s okay to slow down…
After 20 years of working in corporate headquarters, I didn’t realize the pressure that I had been experiencing for so long. By my last year, I had reached a point of burnout that is almost indescribable. I snapped at every little sound. Sleeping through the night was impossible. Eating was a chore; fixing meals was… Continue reading it’s okay to slow down…
moving to once a week or so…
With the move, priorities have changed and been redefined. Family, new friends, self-care and new-found compassion. All have become highlighted now that our lives have settled down into a routine. That and the desire to relearn what life was like before computers became my entire focus and job. Something most of the youth today believe… Continue reading moving to once a week or so…
bujo…
Bujo. The latest buzzword. And one of the greatest forms of freedom in planners…EVER! I just finished the second week of bullet journaling (aka BUJO). Even got a Pintrest account – but it disappeared right after I’d set it up. Of course. What the heck is a “bujo”? FREEDOM!!! Nice. But what is it? Really?… Continue reading bujo…
hobbies…
I realized as I sat down today that I have lost my favorite hobbies. Not just lost them, but lost my love for them. Then it struck me. With all the stress of trying to normalize life from a major move, and working through the issues, there was no time to breathe. Now I can… Continue reading hobbies…
snakebit…
Our little moving adventure has been quite an…adventure. Two months later, our house is still not completely set, pipes remain broken by the install crew, we’ve had to move and increase the capacity of the septic system, our well dried up, and we had to hire our own contractor to put in decks lest we… Continue reading snakebit…
what could possibly go wrong? Part 2…
So the trip out was filled with adventure. Then we finally found the road to our new property. If you can call it a road. Gravel… Endless gravel. Everywhere you looked. Gravel. Roads full of the stuff. Very popular out here. Quite a change from what we were used to. The paved ones were just… Continue reading what could possibly go wrong? Part 2…
what could possibly go wrong? Part 1…
We all felt led to move at the same time. Far away from our home. An adventure, right? Not so fast… The title to one of the acres was, we discovered, still in the former owner’s name. And we couldn’t locate her anywhere. After four months. No clear title? no house sale. And we had… Continue reading what could possibly go wrong? Part 1…
paper maps…
It is hard to believe that very few people know how to read paper maps. With the silly directions from Google and other GPS systems that take people straight through lakes, off boat ramps, and onto airplane runways, you’d think that people would use either common sense, or use a paper map as a backup… Continue reading paper maps…
no motivation…
Have you ever had those days when you just had no motivation to do anything? You get up tired. You drink the ubiquitous cup of coffee with no results. It’s gloomy outside. The kids are bouncing off the wall. But you have absolutely no motivation to do anything. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Today is one of… Continue reading no motivation…