When I was a young woman, I had this theory that I called “the dishes of life.” It was a modern take on the Zen “before enlightenment chop wood, carry water….” The idea being that no matter what weirdness or enchantment or, yes,...
As I mentioned before, one of my personal maxims is that life is too short to eat shit. And it turns out that even the Pope agrees with me.So in thinking about self-imposed limits on media, I’ve been subjecting everything to a smell test. If it smells like shit,...
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt Boy, this past week has been crazy and the next is shaping up the same. We’ve got family illness, migraines, too much work, not enough sleep, etc. And lots of good stuff going on too...
So, for the past couple of weeks I’ve had reason to be a bit emotionally under the weather — sad even. The reason doesn’t matter. But due to a couple of techniques, I’ve been in the upside position of being able to objectively evaluate what...
This is a personal story about how the modern world isn’t set up for sustainability and how we managed to get around that fact recently (and I promise every word is true).Our household has two cars, both paid for, and both a bit long in the tooth. Our older...
Note: The Index page has been updated for the monthHearth is such a nice word. Such a cozy and comforting term. And many of us long for a lovely open fireplace in our house so that we can do magic at the hearth. But before you get all maudlin in your urban apartment...
