December 2020 – What you should read next – “Do everything as if it were the only thing in the world that mattered, while all the time knowing that it doesn’t matter at all.”

By | December 15, 2020
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It is an embarrassment of riches in terms of reading material in my apartment right now. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron The author writes beautifully and simply about meditation. She brings up the concept of maitri which is a Sanskrit word meaning friend. When you’re meditating and you… Read More »

Checking in

By | December 1, 2020
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Hello friends, I haven’t written a real post in months because, frankly, I feel like I have nothing new to say and I’ve just been repeating myself for a while now. I’m still using my friendly resolutions chart most months. I’m at a sixty-five day streak for working out. My meditation practice continues. I’m looking… Read More »

What you should read next – September 2020 – “Your accomplishments can bring satisfaction, but not joy.”

By | September 29, 2020
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Reading books. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Part two of the dystopian world Margaret Atwood began in Oryx and Crake. We’re in the same universe around the same time, but from different perspectives. Eventually, we even meet up with some of the characters from Oryx and Crake. Snowman! The Crakers! Hard to… Read More »

What you should read next – August 2020 – “One of the nicest things you can do for someone is to be happy to see them.”

By | August 29, 2020
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Denver’s library is offering curbside pickup now. Yay! The Witch Elm by Tana French I found this to be an entertaining mystery/suspense novel. I guessed the killer correctly initially, then second-guessed myself, then realized I was right all along. The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter by Shilpa Raj We’re in a poor village in India. A generous… Read More »

What you should read next – May 2020 – “The wind that carries you away like a kite will blow you on your back if you turn to face it.”

By | May 18, 2020
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Hello, dear reader. I’m sorry I’ve been so lackadaisical about posting recently. The quarantine has me feeling very unproductive and I have been bombing on my resolutions chart. For the first time in my adult life, I paid for a streaming service (Hulu) and I’m watching Law and Order: SVU from the beginning instead of… Read More »

Spark Joy, a purge

By | March 26, 2020
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I meant to purge my belongings over the course of the month of March, one subcategory per day according to Marie Kondo’s method of organizing. As I started thinking about it and when I realized how fun this process was going to be, I couldn’t resist and finished three days later, before March had even… Read More »