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We put in some fruit trees about a month ago. They were mostly bare at the time but are starting to flower, grow leaves, grow branches. The growth is wonderful! So much joy in the greens and pinks! So much hope for fresh fruit straight from the back yard! (So many exclamation points!) It seems … Read more
In January, I wrote about a chart I’d made to track behaviors of health and self-care. I had thought—or, more accurately, hoped—that seeing holes in the list would spur me to do some of the things that simply haven’t been getting done, even if the increase was to once a week, or once every other … Read more
I have been listening to a series on creativity on Freakonomics. One episode was on failure, and there was a notion that caught my attention. They repeatedly referred to drafts as failures. I write a lot nowadays. I’ve done more years of formal schooling than I care to count (but would be a professional student … Read more
I have no role model in my family to show me what life looks like as an aging healthy person. I don’t know what life expectancy is. I know one of my great-grandmothers lived to somewhere around 100 (she edited her birth certificate when she immigrated here so she could get work, so we’re not … Read more
I am, in some ways, incredibly lazy. Laziness has saved me from so much junk food. If I’m at home and am craving something, almost always, I’m too lazy to go out and get it. (This is most likely because the craving is trying to fill the hole created by lazy/bored/maybe sad, and going to … Read more
I wrote this three years ago: Last weekend, my high school band teacher passed away. Since then, a group formed where tons of people who knew him (mostly former students) have posted memories. A [high school] band reunion is in the planning stages. I can’t help but think how much impact it would have had … Read more
Some days, I sit down to write and I write and write and will get out three or four or five posts in a sitting and have to decide which I’m the most anxious to get out to you first. Some days, I sit down to write and I write and write and am not … Read more
The English language has a lot of words. On the whole, we use a little subset of them pretty well, but there are some pairs of words that are often used interchangeably that aren’t actually synonyms. Sympathy vs. pity Sympathy is feeling sad for someone else who is sad and in an unfortunate situation. Pity … Read more
We hear this often. We say this often. There are a few different types of people when it comes to this. There are the people who give up early with a sigh and a shrug and say, “I did my best.” There are the people who are tenacious and work way harder than perhaps they … Read more
I’ve wanted to leave teaching and go into health and wellness (which really is just another kind of teaching) for years. At the advice of my trainer at the time, I went and got my personal trainer certification because it has a nutrition component and that would be good enough credential to do weight loss … Read more