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...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 14, 2022 | A Little Green Glass Frog, bookmarks, frog, fully ruly on God, grief, loss, Patti Miinch, remembrance, social media
It’s been nearly 10 months since I got the small package in the mail. It was sent by a Facebook friend and former high school classmate, and I couldn’t imagine what it might hold.When I unwrapped it, I found something I didn’t expect: a small, green glass frog...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 21, 2022 | criticizing, judging, Lent, Lenten Reflections, silence
I decided that for Lent this year I would give up criticizing/judging others and that I would spend 15 minutes sitting silently (outwardly & inwardly) in God’s presence. The results were not what I anticipated.I tend to judge other people,...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 14, 2022 | lessons, lessons learned from a f*& cat, plush, takeaways
I recently acquired a cat. Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (aka Barnaby) came to live with me several weeks ago after a brief sojourn at the local humane society. {By the way, Barnaby was previously known as Egypt, but really . . . Egypt? No way!}He looked perfectly...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 5, 2022 | breaks, relax, them's the breaks
In my quest to find ways to build at least one break into my busy schedule, I first kept a 5-day log of the activities that fill the hours each day (What Have We Here?). Then I sat down, mug of hot tea and bullet journal at the ready, to analyze the results.The log...
