I got some pushback from a listener about something I’ve been saying in the podcast. It wasn’t a criticism, per se, but you know me. Once I start overthinking something, I can’t let it go. The listener’s sticking point was that she doesn’t like it when I say we should “treat ourselves like an honoredContinue reading “An Honored Guest”
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A Sneaky Little Thing Called Joy
Of course, I’m still over here ruminating on the subject of joy. Incidentally, I probably shouldn’t have used the word ruminating in the previous sentence, but it does allow me to show off something interesting I learned about psychology this week: Rumination on meta-thoughts, that is, thoughts about our thoughts is found more frequently inContinue reading “A Sneaky Little Thing Called Joy”
That lady who smiles all the time
In France, our masking mandates were all lifted as of Monday. I can almost 100% guarantee that around the dinner table on Monday night, everyone was having the exact same conversation, and that it went like this: “Someone said hello to me, and I had no idea who it was,” Person 1 says. “Then IContinue reading “That lady who smiles all the time”
Demolition
There is a building on the road to the scalawag’s school that has been being demolished for the last six months. This has provided endless fascination to us. It’s not a ka-boom type demolition. This is a–maybe 15 story–building, made of concrete with all its rebar and glorious asbestos, being torn down bit by bit.Continue reading “Demolition”
Virtual Flow
It happens so rarely, doesn’t it? Flow, that is. That mystical, mythical, mysterious state of mind, state of the heart, state of the universe when everything just works. The concept of Flow was elaborated by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. (All the fairy dust in the world wouldn’t have helped me spell that correctly. Thank youContinue reading “Virtual Flow”
22 in 22: The Abyss, Unplug and Nonsense.
Wow. Twenty-two goals is a lot of goals. Who knew it would take me the better part of the week to think through…well…not yet even all of them! Today should go pretty quickly: there is nothing terribly earth-shattering here! #11 Protect Logins & Passwords from The Abyss Ah yes, The Abyss. The Abyss that isContinue reading “22 in 22: The Abyss, Unplug and Nonsense.”
The Ideal Life Round-Up: A Clean House
Hear ye, hear ye, we have arrived at the last Ideal Life theme of our cycle, and it is, by no means the most agreeable. To avoid dragging myself through the muck, I’ll let you, if you’re interested, take a look at my original article about this lovely theme of a Clean House. In myContinue reading “The Ideal Life Round-Up: A Clean House”
Dress for the Life you Want
Those words, “Dress for the life you want”, were (approximately) the tag line for a coaching service that was supposed to help a woman find her own personal style. The woman who ran the coaching service provided a few free videos to help helpless, hapless, styleless women motivated to define her personal style, learn whatContinue reading “Dress for the Life you Want”
The Art of Waiting
We all have gotten some pretty fabulous practice at waiting over the last eighteen months, haven’t we? I have said this before, but I will say it again: I needed this pandemic. In many ways, as it was happening, I felt like it was all my fault. It was my fault because I had gottenContinue reading “The Art of Waiting”
Let’s start singing with our feet
The podcast I plan to launch in January is called “Sing with Your Feet.” You who have been here for a long time know about my shoe problems. You also may remember that the fact that I like to stamp my feet when I sing is a running joke–to the point that I lost theContinue reading “Let’s start singing with our feet”
Sing With Your Feet 