Childhood Ditties
When I woke up this morning, a childhood ditty came to my mind. It was: The boys like […]
Musings about life
Bedrooms and Values
On my recent trip to visit my daughter and granddaughter in Charlotte, I got to thinking about bedrooms, […]
When Ends Don’t Meet
When ends don’t meet, we have to figure out how to squeeze them together. I watched my mother […]
Love is Acceptance
If you don’t accept a person just as they are you don’t really love them. That’s a strong […]
Two things that make me go hmmmm or a shelter ...
There are lots of things that make me go hmmmmm. Here are two recent ones.Headline (Boston Globe, Jan. […]
When the Stars Align
Blessed are the days when something you have been working toward is achieved. Sometimes the stars align and […]
Counting Sheep ‘Cause I can’t Sleep
I’m counting sheep ’cause I can’t sleep.Instead of doing my nightly rituals that help me relax – I did […]
Why not Obama?
Langston Hughes wrote a wonderful series of poems around dreams. One of the poems in the series has […]
Go Slow to Go Fast
Going slow to go fast is a facilitation technique. It means to take time with the introductions, the […]
Scumboogahs and Scalawags
How easy it is to forget that in your youngish days you have had moments (or more) of being a […]
Just Pick Up and Go!
Have you ever found yourself unexpectedly in an airport or train station and thought to yourself – I […]
Thank you TJMaxx
TJ Maxx and Mar-shall’s save my life on a regular basis. I know that no matter how tight […]
Coziness – A good day
I am blessed today to: have heat in frigid weather; a casserole made yesterday that tasted even better […]
New Year’s Eve
Some people, like my mother and step-father, have a standing New Year’s tradition. They check into a downtown […]
Impatience
I wonder if the impatient tapping of fingers, angry chatter on cellphones, harumphs and other sighs, exasperated looks, pacing […]
It’s not all sugar and spice
I am mostly trying to be my best self these days, to think and walk on the more […]
Skin Hunger
Have you ever noticed that when cats and dogs get near each other, they immediately sniff, touch and […]
The yyyyyyys of snow
Y-1 – Why don’t we expect snow in Boston?Y-2 – Why do weathercasters whip themselves into a froth […]