I love traveling. I would be a nomad if I could, wandering the world without permanent roots. But I love a man that needs deep roots in order to be happy. Our compromise is to have roots, but travel frequently. I recently returned after being gone eleven days. Four and a half days later, we left again for a shorter trip. Those two outings gave me opportunity to analyze Continue Reading
Love Can Make You Cry
People cry because of physical pain, frustration, or love. We hope to minimize crying out of physical pain or frustration. But crying out of love is a beautiful thing. Last week I attended my Grandmother’s funeral. Her death was not unexpected. Her health had slowly deteriorated. When she entered hospice care, we knew she had only days to live. She had lived a full 84 Continue Reading
Why Some People Think I’m Crazy
Have you ever had one of those moments of great personal insight? Well, I had one yesterday. This week I joined my husband on his business trip to Door County, Wisconsin. Door County is a peninsula extending 70 miles north into Lake Michigan. I have a deep fondness for the Great Lakes, especially Lake Michigan. We had a few hours free between obligations, so we decided to Continue Reading
Autumn Adventures in Blogging: Revisited
I have now completed two weeks’ worth of blogging under the rules I set out at the beginning of autumn. I received feedback from multiple people, and I experienced a different blogging schedule. Just as some school children are now receiving their first progress reports, let’s review the first two weeks of Autumn Blogging. What worked: Defined publishing times and Continue Reading
Autumn Adventures in Blogging
This summer, I failed at blogging. I started this blog with the intention of posting one to two times per week. This summer, I clearly did not do that. Not counting today, I posted a grand total of 8 times in the months of June (3), July (4), and August (1). Let’s contrast that with Courtney Cantrell’s blog . She has posted 23 times in the month of August alone. She has Continue Reading
