by Patti Miinch | Nov 5, 2020 | celebrations, COVID, COVID-19, holidays, live
Across the country, Americans are preparing for what are arguably our nation’s most-celebrated holidays — Thanksgiving, Chanukah (Hanukkah), Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve.These holidays will, like those that have already been celebrated this year, no doubt...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 29, 2020 | fullest, living, prime time living, prime time television, seniors, television
When I was growing up here in the Midwest, there was a three-hour block of television programming — from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on weekday nights (an hour later on both coasts) — that was referred to as “prime time viewing”. During those prime time hours, the 3...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 9, 2020 | beliefs, intentional, meditation, pandemic, prayer, self-quarantine, spiritual strength, thriving, thriving in unexpected circumstances
If you have a fb account, you may have seen and chuckled at the following meme:Of course, it’s referring to the pandemic, self-quarantining, etc., of the past several months, but for many of us in the 2nd mile of life, it applies in other ways as well. For one reason...
by Patti Miinch | Jun 25, 2020 | 2nd mile of life, get ready to make lemonade, key, lemonade, life circumstances, Patti Miinch, strategies, unexpected, unplanned
If it’s one thing those of us in the 2nd mile of life have learned, it’s that life rarely turns out as we planned and expected. In fact, it could be argued that we often find ourselves in circumstances that we would not, even in our wildest imaginings, have foreseen....
by Patti Miinch | Jun 11, 2020 | hypocrisy, hypocrites, Patti Miinch, stop the hypocrisy
We’ve become a nation of hypocrites. Adults decry bullying, demanding schools “do something”, while at the same time engaging in bullying on social media and among their peers.We complain about the proliferation of fake news yet share without fact-checking...
by Patti Miinch | May 28, 2020 | books, Challenge Yourself, Patti Miinch, reading, reading challenge
That image — all those books in one place — makes me smile. I love books, books, and more books!That’s why I was so excited back in December to find not only 1, but 2, Facebook reading challenge groups. Both had a list of categories — book published...
by Patti Miinch | May 14, 2020 | books, dominoes, Scripture, The Domino Effect
My grandma taught me how to play dominoes, the basic kind where each player tries to make the dots on all the “end” domino-halves add up to a multiple of 5, when I was about 4 years old. Since then, I’ve learned several other domino games, and I enjoy playing every...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 30, 2020 | Cathy Baker, journaling, Journaling with a List, list, Patti Miinch, topical
I don’t remember when I first began keeping a journal, but I do know that by the time I was in fourth grade, I was recording my thoughts almost every day. I journaled just before going to bed. I’d retrieve my journal from its current hiding place and my favorite...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Where’s the romance?”The literary agent sitting across leaned forward slightly, looked at me quizzically, and waited for my answer. “Actually, there is no romance. It’s a book about a woman who learns to find happiness despite the lack of...
by Patti Miinch | Feb 21, 2020 | experiment, Life Change, Patti Miinch, try it on, try it on for size
Once you’ve taken the time to examine your life and to determine what aspects you want to keep, what to alter, and what to totally eliminate to create a life that is more authentic, more what you want and can be most productive in, you might feeling discouraged or...
