A few years ago, I obsessed over an outdoor daybed for my front porch. The goal? I could picture myself working for hours out there in the middle of the day, working, reading a book and enjoying a glass of iced tea. The reality? As our only outdoor covered workspace, my front porch often findsContinue reading “It’s a mood…”
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Summer’s peak
Oh, I’m one of “those” people. I live all year long for summer and the day after July 4th, I’m looking at fall decorations. It’s a sickness and there ought to be a cure. I try to fight it and it does me no good. So this year, in a desperate attempt to break theContinue reading “Summer’s peak”
Chief Family Engineer…
So, I’m my family’s CFE. It’s a self-appointed role and I’ll be honest, no other humans were interested. (One of the cats was, but he makes horrible decisions. He is “responsible for self only.” 😊) Anyway, as CFE, I have a number of my own self-appointed responsibilities. There’s the typical – housekeeping, groceries, dinner –Continue reading “Chief Family Engineer…”
Next chapters.
So, there’s a quiet rhythm to enjoying the seasons. Essentially, you give up control. Spring can be muddy, damp and cold but there is the magic of new life and those more and more frequent bright and sunny days to sustain you. Summer arrives in a burst of sunshine and with long days that stretchContinue reading “Next chapters.”
Cherry picking!
So, my sister and I resurrected one of our seasonal rites of passage: we went cherry picking. Now, cherries are actually a fickle fruit. Too much water and they split; too little and they wither. Too much sun and the dry out; too little and end up rotting before they turn ripe. So, I nowContinue reading “Cherry picking!”
Pacing ourselves…
Through a series of events over the last few days, we have seen first-hand both the fragility and the joy in life and partnership. One thing it brought home to me? It’s more important that we spend our time enjoying each other and our little family more than we achieve anything else. In that ebbContinue reading “Pacing ourselves…”
Summer showers…
I don’t smell anymore. Yep, you didn’t think I’d go right there but I did. But let’s be honest: it was 87 degrees, 95% humidity and I was out push mowing and sealing boards for our new planters. I was just about as dirty as I could get. And I was in a hurry. Why?Continue reading “Summer showers…”
Disappointments and realignments…
Today, I’m a big – no, huge – disappointment to my cats and I probably have outsized guilt about it. Our four furry ones are all former starving rescues who came to us with more parasites, diseases and malnutrition than any of us would want to see another heartbeat experience. They are today living theContinue reading “Disappointments and realignments…”
That day.
Years from now, we’ll talk about this day as the day I officially retired. For right now? There’s no grand announcement. Instead, after a bumpy night’s sleep, I woke up with a clarity I’ve only experienced a few times in my life: it’s time to retire. Now, I still have a little sporadic work thatContinue reading “That day.”
My retirement “dry run”…
So, it’s not officially forever and I’m not sure it will stick, but at this point, I’m giving myself the month of June to relax. Why? Well, because I can. And because I’m not really missing out on work if I do. In a sense, I’m treating it as a retirement “dry run.” And youContinue reading “My retirement “dry run”…”
