by Patti Miinch | Feb 6, 2023 | focus, out of focus, priorities, time
A few months ago, I asked a group of over 100 adults to commit to doing two things. First, they were to answer one question. A few weeks later, I explained, I would ask them to answer a fairly simple “poll”. I asked that they agree to commit only if they were willing...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 30, 2023 | enough, enough is enough, pattimiinch, primetimeliving, what is enough, you are enough
Perhaps I was oblivious to any previous popularity, but it seems to me that the word enough has come into vogue in the past several years. On one hand, social media memes, jewelry and home decor, and...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 23, 2023 | books, Dream Too Big, dreamer, dreams
When I was growing up, I was a dreamer. Oh, not the stereotypical dreamer with my head in the clouds and not grounded in reality. I was a practical child and teen, but I had dreams.Almost all of those dreams were inspired by books. Books which the protagonist...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 16, 2023 | Bravery, challenge, do the right thing, Patti Miinch
A few years ago I assigned my 9th grade composition students to write a 2-page essay in which they defined a word of their choice. I gave them a few days to choose a word and then asked them to write their name, the word they chose, and why...
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...
by Patti Miinch | Nov 3, 2022 | issues, One Gigantic Step, peace, step forward, trials
“Two steps forward and one step backward.”This old adage, from a tale about a frog trying to get out of a deep well by climbing its stone wall, may be something you can relate to. I know I can. Early this year, for example, I experienced two quite large steps forward...
