Ten on Tuesday: I Wish I Knew More About . . .
I love to learn -- always have and hope I always do! I thoroughly enjoy learning about a subject or how to do something, and that was, I know, a huge factor in my choosing to become a teacher. This week, I've been challenged to list 10 things (or subjects) I wish...
Getting Physical (Week 1)
Once upon a time there was a girl who was physically fit, who played hours of tennis or softball or touch football with wild abandon without stopping to bend over, hands on knees, gasping for air. This young woman paid nary a thought to cellulite, thunder thighs,...
Post-Vent Update
If you read my blog this time last week, you know I let loose with a mighty vent about some of the less-than-great things going on in my life. I've been asked (both via a couple of comments and a few emails) if venting helped and how things are going now.First,...
Beatin’ the Blues
I did something yesterday that I typically try very hard not to do -- I vented to other people. In the past, my journal was my sounding board when I was feeling blue, but now that I've put away (at least for awhile) my journal, I vented here instead. It wasn't...
Warning: Vent Ahead
I'm sitting here, fingers poised above the keyboard, trying to figure out how to begin, even wondering if I should begin at all. You see, I'm having one of those days -- more like one of those weeks and maybe even months -- when things are not going well, and I'm...
Ten on Tuesday: Good Things About Coming Home from Vacation
When I saw this weeks Ten on Tuesday topic, I was like a 2nd grader sitting stick-straight in her desk, hand overhead, frenetically waving "Me! Me! Pick me!!!!" Having just returned from a 3-month working trip (not a vacation, but lots of opportunities for fun...
What’s the Point?
I have always been passionate (I use bold here because the mere word doesn't express it strongly enough) about writing. Passionate about the art and mechanics of selecting words, stringing them together, manipulating the strings to fit my purposes, tweaking those...
Another Baby Step
I've shared before that my plan is to downsize tremendously and to live totally debt free. For me, the two go hand-in-hand and form (with my spiritual beliefs) the foundation for living authentically. While I know I've come a long way, I am still far from being the...
Ten on Tuesday: Things I Like to do Outside
When I first read this prompt yesterday, the skies were sunny and temperatures were in the high 50's; doing something I enjoy outside seemed quite possible. Several hours later, the temperature had dropped considerably and, as I sat in a restaurant enjoying dinner...
A Rose by any Other Name
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene iiThere are few people past the age of 13 or 14 that haven't read or, in the event they sat gazing in the vicinity of their 9th grade literature book without actually reading the...