I had made the dough the night before, leaving it in the fridge to rise slowly overnight. The yeast had done its work even in the cool wh...

There is a Japanese word that translates "Forest Bathing". It's being out in earth's loveliness and breathing it in, letting the detritus...

I read a while back about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life; fo...

"The comfortable lies we tell ourselves regarding these "little things" - that they don't matter, and that daily personal and household c...

One adjustment to being a mother is figuring out a work space for the work that needs to be done at a desk: paying bills, thinking throug...

I was running for my life. No one would save me but these two legs, this quickly tiring heart, these heaving lungs. There was nothing els...

On a run yesterday I did a loop to spend extra time in a brushy trail area. The sagebrush sticks out into the path a bit and it's wonderf...

I read a while back about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life; fo...

Humph. It is so discouraging to wake up extra early, excited for time to be quiet and read, write, think, etc. only to be foiled by the b...

Yesterday I tackled the file cabinet. It wasn't that it was so disorganized - just unused. It's still solid, outliving my needs. I apprec...

When my daughter was born I was so excited to read aloud to her. I started reading Misty of Chincoteague when I was nursing her at a few ...

I recently read about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life; for yo...

Yesterday I made a huge pot of pinto beans. They simmered all day and made my home smell like my childhood - we ate a lot of beans growin...

No, this is not a post about aging. Ahem. This is a good surprise. I've been running for a year half now, with 24 weeks off for the last ...

What happens in your mind when you leave the podcast off and go for a drive? A run? A walk? That's your interior life and it's valuable t...

I watched the movie last week and loved it. It's sticky, you know? Lots to think about. Art! It does that to ya. The thing that most reso...

This morning on the beach I found a message in a bottle. I was head clear, eyes eating up the ocean view, and I stumbled over a small gla...

I recently read about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life; for yo...

Part of me laughed as I typed that title. Me? A runner? But I am. I am slow, and I am new to the running journey but I am a runner. And I...

A ziploc bag of spaghetti sauce sags on the counter, slowly defrosting until I pour it out onto noodles for dinner. I've been reading Ha...