by Patti Miinch | Jan 6, 2022 | don'ts, dos, family, friend, grief, pain, serve, suggestions
In the last 18 months, several friends and family members have faced very difficult life circumstances, from devastating health diagnoses to the death of a child, grandchild, or spouse. I’ve given significant thought to how I can best serve those family and...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 3, 2022 | big box stores, gifts, groceries, my year of less, necessities, pre-week, shopping, year of less
Inspired by (what else?) a couple of books I read in 2021, I’ve committed to a 2-part, 52 week challenge. In 2022, I will: 1. Purchase only necessities and gifts 2. Refrain from shopping in big-box storesI’ll share an update every Monday, and I hope that you’ll join...
by Patti Miinch | Dec 28, 2021 | 2022, 52 weeks, a year of, big box stores, happy new year
Last January I read The Year of Living Biblically, an interesting book by a man who decided to spend an entire year obeying all the commands in the Bible. When I shared with a friend that I’d enjoyed that book, she suggested I read Shonda Rhime’s Year of Yes, which I...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 26, 2021 | 000 words, 50, blog, NaNoWriMo, novel, rough draft, social media, writing
In six days, NaNoWriMo 2021 will kick off. For those who aren’t familiar with NaNoWriMo, it is a yearly, November challenge in which people around the globe attempt to write a 50,000-word-minimum rough draft of a novel. As the founder and current...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 12, 2021 | conspiracy theories, Facebook, no facebook orinstagram or whatsapp oh my, outages, Patti Miinch
Facebook was down for six hours last Monday and again for a couple of hours several days later. Unsurprisingly, reactions to the outages were mixed.There were the inevitable conspiracy claims; more than a few skeptics claimed that the outages Monday were linked to a...
