Author Archives: gmayeaux

A few friends have expressed their anxiety lately. The issues run the gamut of the usual – kids, jobs, spouses, pets, houses – and the 2020-version of “usual”, i.e., the pandemic. In the meantime, I’ve been coming out of my own bout of anxiety. Again, all for the usual reasons and the unusual reasons. Yet,Continue reading “Requirements for simple peace”

With this year being the noticeable exception, this last week is usually the first right turn into summertime. What do I mean by that? Well, there’s summer and summertime. Summer is just a season. Summertime? It’s a state of being. It’s a slow down, drink your coffee and your iced tea on the back porch,Continue reading “Ahh… summertime!”

Tomorrow is our seven-year wedding anniversary. Today is the anniversary of two of our dear friends with whom we share a somewhat “double wedding.” And while I’ll spend a little time tomorrow remembering that day and celebrating the life we have built, it’s important for me to pause today and celebrate where we are. It’sContinue reading “Seven years and one day…”

The past week has brought about a pretty happy change. First, I took five days off. Essentially, I already had a four-day weekend with the Memorial Day holiday, but I added on a day to make it a five-day weekend. Not something I do often but after not having a vacation since the end ofContinue reading “Keeping it in perspective… .”

These days, life has been a little overwhelming. Work got busy, the garden got busy, the cats still take up a lot of time and the noise and upheaval surrounding the pandemic, vaccinations and “new normal” started to wear on me. I ended up somewhere between “How did I get here” and “Where in theContinue reading “Weaving in and out”

My little Twister has been learning to go back outside. From the starving, sick stray who was once confined to a small 12X12 bedroom while he recovered from two parasites, an upper respiratory infection and pinkeye to my plump little man who used to have to go back into his room behind a gate atContinue reading “Great expectations… .”

So, I redecorated my office a little bit today. I placed my Herman Miller office chair that my husband gave me with a leather easy chair I bought years ago. His idea behind the office chair was really nice. My husband loves his. He values his so much that he gave me the better ofContinue reading “What’s in a chair?”

It’s a gray day here after days of warm, brilliant sunshine and a perfect day to sit back and think about how life has changed since the pandemic. There is good and bad in my world. On the bad side, we have friends who have lost loved ones, friends who got Covid, friends who lostContinue reading “Where I’ve been and where I’m going”

It’s been an amazing spring. The weather got warm and pretty much melted all snow by the middle of March. From there, it’s been largely beautiful. We’ve had a couple of cold days here and there, but this has largely been one for the record books. Yesterday, it reached 70 in perfectly blue skies. IContinue reading “Life… from the side of the road”

Today is one of those rare moments. I’m up but all of the other beings in my house are back in bed. It doesn’t happen often that Darryl goes back to bed but he’s been getting up before 5 a.m. for the past week and it finally caught up with him. Me? I’ve been sleepingContinue reading “Of mornings and new beginnings”