by Patti Miinch | Jan 9, 2023 | Add, aging, it all adds up, loss, options, prime time living
“Aging is a process of giving up things, sometimes one by one and at other times in batches,” lamented a 92-year-old friend when I visited her just after Thanksgiving. She told me that while she didn’t mind the loss of things like an uninterrupted night’s sleep and...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 5, 2023 | change, Choose, isolation, one little word, one word, one word 2023, prime time living
The past couple of years have been a “perfect storm” of age and isolation that has allowed (caused?) me to be more contemplative than in previous years. I’ve had plenty of (aka more than enough) alone time to look at where I am, what caused me to arrive here, and...
by Patti Miinch | Nov 14, 2022 | bird feeders, birds, Simple Pleasures
Wherever I’ve lived over the past 30 or so years, I’ve put up hummingbird feeders and bird feeders. I don’t know much about birds — the migration habits of various species, how to identify them, etc., nor do I really want to. Maybe you can relate when I say that too...
by Patti Miinch | Nov 13, 2022 | cold, Let it Snow — Not, snow
This was the view from my bedroom window at 6:15 this morning. If friends’ facebook posts are any indication, I’m in the minority when I say that I was not at all pleased to see the white stuff.It’s not that I don’t like snow; rather, I don’t like the cold...
by Patti Miinch | Nov 11, 2022 | Delete, Facebook, instagram, just be, phone, pinterest
To blog or not to blog? That question has plagued me for a couple of years. I love to write, but the whole blog idea seemed somewhat contrived to me. After several months of prayerful deliberation, I’ve decided to return to the roots of blogging (think way back to the...
