appreciating the everyday

Desperation Zone One of the most easily identified emotions is desperation. The rashness of activities occurring with it creates extreme behavior. Actions that are fraught with creating misery for others…

Intrinsic Irritation Life has little moments that grate against us. Slowing down for conventional toll booths just to throw change into the basket every couple of exits, not finding enough…

Stumble on Over Stumble is a word normally associated with the act of making a misstep. It's like a mini-failure. It doesn't denote a full flat-on-your-face fall; just a funny…

Straight and Seamless Prior to 2020, life had a lot of seams. Seamstresses know that a correctly stitched seam is intended to keep something from falling apart. The tension of…

Real Renewal The great do-over has begun. As we reenter the patterns that made up our lives prior to the pandemic, we have choices to make about what goes back…

Tired Time There is a lot of advice available about how to handle being tired in the late mornings and afternoons. The feeling is often attributed to the slump that…

Remote and In Person Lots of companies are attempting to determine whether they should bring employees back to the workplace they ran out of last year. To be safe, we…

Small but not Invisible There are a lot of small things in our world. If we were the size of Gulliver in Lilliput, everything would seem too small. It would…

Play it Again Great singers know that they can move an audience with a ballad. The combination of the words and the soaring music with their seemingly heartfelt delivery can…

Did I trip? The air is warmer and sun is brighter. There is finally a little adventure to be enjoyed. It's almost as if we are coming out of a…