I read somewhere that gratitude is the single most powerful method of increasing happiness. What with that and it being Thanksgiving it seems like an obvious time to talk about gratitude. I’m grateful for every day of good health I have, for the people in my life, for giving my dog belly rubs, for the […]
Sometimes I feel how breakable I am. A wrist turns a little wrong, an ankle does a funny twist, muscles pull, back kinks, sore necks. Nails break, toes get stubbed, hair gets caught in a zipper and gets pulled out. A germ can make you sick and you can’t even see it. It’s so easy […]
“Being an adult is just saying “But after this week things will slow down a bit again” to yourself until you die.” – Kristen Anderson-Lopez I keep telling myself that NEXT week I will slow down. I”ve been saying this since April though so I think it’s time to accept my fate. There is no […]
The trip home from the Adirondacks was sad and uneventful. I hate leaving there almost as much as I hate leaving the FInger Lakes and going back to Binghamton. Maybe the actual problem is just that I hate Binghamton. We got home to unpack but I just unpacked one bag to repack another in order […]
Wednesday: I’m writing this on Wednesday because I feel bad and I don’t know why. I am on the verge of having 5 and a half days off and they will be filled with wonderful things like hiking, biking, rock climbing and the peak of fall colors in the Adirondack mountains. So why do I […]
Step 1: Find someone that knows what they are doing Step 2: Have them teach you what to do Step 3: Find some rocks to climb Step 4: Practice Practice Practice (with proper supervision) Step 5: Climb Climb Climb I feel like everything is happening at once. I feel like summer is ending at the […]
“Parkinson’s Law is the old adage that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. The term was first coined by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay he wrote for “The Economist” in 1955.” I worked for the past seven days straight so it’s possible Cyril Northcote Parkinson was thinking of me […]
I think I’ve finally decided what I want to be when I grow up! You know how there’s those travel shows where people get to do really awesome stuff and you’re like “oh man, I want to do that!”? Well I want to do the opposite of that. I want to do the things that […]
Sometimes I feel like a rubber band being stretched too tight. How do you find the time for all the things you want to do and all the things you need to do? And also get some sleep? I am continuing to eat this summer up and I’m not full yet, but I am a […]
4th of July weekend this year had an odd quiet hanging over it. Maybe it was the thunderstorms or the heat and the cold of the days that mixed together. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older that the weekend didn’t have the usual fierce joy that I remember from childhood. But the days were quiet. […]
