Adventures · Cheers · Inspiration

How to talk yourself out of the blues

A blues altering conversation with myself has brought me to the revelation that blues can't stick around forever, they teach us lessons when we sing along with them, and "The best medicine when we're feeling blue is laughter." Right? The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all… Continue reading How to talk yourself out of the blues

Adventures · Emptying the nest · Going Gray

The magic of reflection

If you could list just 2 things you'd like to change about yourself, what would those two things be?  Make them simple, like overcoming failed efforts at capturing something for posterity sake.  Or the easy-peasy kind of thing that you've lost control of.  I'm talking about FREE things, nothing that costs a lot of money.… Continue reading The magic of reflection

Adventures · Emptying the nest

This chick’s getting into empty nesting

Sunday marked the official empty nest's one-week-down mark since our youngest moved away.   It was a beautiful spring day.  So many possibilities...what's an empty nest mom to do? Reflect, of course.  (My gray hair sure has grown in a year...!) As I look back, I'm thinking, "This empty nest thing might be my kind of thing?"… Continue reading This chick’s getting into empty nesting