Shine on

I offer you a beautiful metaphor of an article about trees accepting the seasons of their years. From the Daily Ohm and sent by a good friend, Molly. If you ever struggle with accepting what is happening as the years pass by, please click the link to the article. https://www.dailyom.com/inspiration/aging-gracefully?utm_medium=email&utm_source=inspiration&utm_content=test In the meantime, I askContinue reading “Shine on”

When we were so proud….

Remember when we were all buying plastic bottles that were PBA free? We felt we were helping our bodies, helping the environment. We were proud. Alas it was short lived. As is needed, the environmental ante has been upped. Poor turtles with a straw in their nose got our attention, as did all the seaContinue reading “When we were so proud….”

It could be yesterday…

June 4th… one year of acclimating after North shifted to another realm. Our neighbors hear him howl, still. Zoey, our 14 year old dat (not a typo), was born in June but we have no specific date. Henceforth, her birthday is June 4th. She continues to do her best being our watch cat. We realizedContinue reading “It could be yesterday…”

Check Your Privilege

Many people are confused by, or triggered by, what it means to be privileged. Check your privilege they say. Just to push that social experience of not talking for a week, I decided to experience the laundromat. Of course I have been to laundromats; I mean, I went to college. I have returned periodically forContinue reading “Check Your Privilege”

The Unanticipated Path

I was in high school when earth Day became a thing. A long long time ago in a gymnasium far far away, I recall watching a student play about the last flower on earth. Growing up rurally the love of nature was established early. Ten acres of idle apple trees, a large garden yielding plattersContinue reading “The Unanticipated Path”