Everyday Epiphany: Donโt underestimate the silliness factor. It may have been a cooking quarrel or a direction dispute or a clean up after yourself spat that disrupted the peaceful coexistence Mike (my Significant Other) and I had established. Whatever the clash, I had been wrong. I overcooked the chicken instead of inserting the thermomotor as… Continue reading Face the Facts
Category: Health
Shopping The Lawn
The pink tinged blob wheedled its way onto the lawn, nudging aside the clover. It looked like the answer to a childrenโs puzzle where two obviously related items like a shoe and sock were grouped with a unicorn. Then, the puzzle solver was challenged to identify the misfit. A unicorn blossomed on my lawn. Unicorn… Continue reading Shopping The Lawn
A Laughing Matter
Santaโs coming to town soon and whether you believe or donโt believe (I fall somewhere between.) he has a message for all and itโs not what the song touts. โYou better watch out.โ Although this advice is sound the word โbetterโ flavors the advice with a threat. โYou better not cry.โ Crying is cathartic. This… Continue reading A Laughing Matter
Sitting Situations
โWhat are we doing?โ I asked Mike. I plopped down into the redwood cushioned chair on the front porch, a low wooden table between us. Iโd watered the planters, weeded around the sitooterie, and refilled the hummingbird feeders. Before embarking on my next task, I checked with Mike to see if he had plans in… Continue reading Sitting Situations
Move A Muscle
When Iโm sitting I think, โWhy am I just sitting here?โ So I stand. Then I think, โIf Iโm standing I might as well do my stretches.โ So I stretch. Then I think, โSince Iโm stretching, I might as well walk.โ So I walk. Then I think, โBiking is faster than walking. If I ride… Continue reading Move A Muscle
