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If I counted up all of my prized possessions, it would be a short list and generally available to all for less than $500. (Of course, I don’t count those things I love such as my little furry beings because they are my family, not possessions. Plus, they have turned out to be REALLY expensiveContinue reading “The zen of my clothesline”

So, if I count the things I don’t really get anymore, a whole weekend tops the list. There’s just too much to do. Between the house, the career, the yard, the pet care, the endless time I spend worrying… there just isn’t enough leftover to be a person most weekends. I haven’t had time toContinue reading “A WHOLE weekend”

With the anticipated arrival of spring in a few weeks, my internal clock tends to turn to cleaning things out. I’m not sure if this is lessons I’ve learned from my mom or just a natural activity of humans. Do we all engage in a good, old-fashioned “clean it out session” each spring? Like, whenContinue reading “Mind Clutter”

FEBRUARY 16TH, 2021 – Dreaming of spring It’s about this time of year when the seed packets start coming in. That’s always a good sign. When the seed company starts shipping out their seed packets, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s spring, but it does mean that spring is on its way. The arrival of theContinue reading “Seed packets”

There are lots of changes in your life when you semi-retire. Your whole world shifts from work to home. Your focus goes from your waking hours defined by your to-do list to your work learning to coexist with the rest of your life. It’s a glorious thing and for a long time, retiring to fourContinue reading “Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.”

My friend texted the other day that she could really get into being a housewife. She’s currently off for a few weeks and has settled into the daily routine of life at home. Her text tapped into something my sister and I discuss all of the time: we could definitely be full-time housewives. If IContinue reading “If I were a housewife…”

A colleague just relocated from Texas to New York City and yesterday, she asked about tips and tricks to make winter easier. I was probably the wrong person to ask. However, to prove that I can sometimes exercise self-control, I didn’t enter into a diatribe about how winter just plain sucks and you have toContinue reading “Snow days”

Have you ever felt painfully inadequate in explaining something you’ve “just known” all your life? It happens to me – maybe more often than it does to others – but it happens. Today was one of those times. So, despite being a yuppie homesteader and living an agricultural life, I have allergies. Lots and lotsContinue reading “Immunizations and oral histories…”

Today has been one of those days. You know the type… one of those days when you never sit down. It’s felt like I was busy all day. First, picking up the kitchen so I could go get groceries because I won’t bring groceries into a dirty kitchen. Then, cleaning the bathrooms. From there, strippingContinue reading “A quiet evening…”

When I left my old organization, I tried to explain to people I cared so much about why I was leaving. In the end, I used the lame excuse “it’s not you, it’s me.” While it was lame, it was true. Others could handle the hustle and bustle, the daily demands, the multiple headspaces, theContinue reading “It’s not you, it’s me…”