If there’s time…
Driving down the quiet roads. The red car exults in motion. It purrs, it hums and occasionally it roars. But mostly it is quiet. The endless pavement clicks past. My car and I are merely sitting on top of the moving belt. We are motionless. The road rushes beneath us. Sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety miles … Read more
My cat is yelling at me from across the house as I drink my morning coffee. My coffee cup sends me a hopeful message. I grasp the handle and look at the bold black letters. “You Rock.” I mentally send a message back to my cup, “I believe you, maybe, just let me get this … Read more
Top ten things to eat while watching the news. It can be pretty rough out there some days. Health issues happen, relationships falter, families fuss and news is scary. Every day we face a barrage of information challenges. Anxiety keeps us pacing and circling, jiggling and tapping. Worry keeps us from sleep. Nervousness keeps us … Read more
Somebody brought a cold virus into my house this Thanksgiving holiday. Like any good mystery there are a limited number of suspects for this viral crime. Not so many as to make the mystery impossibly unsolvable, but not so few as to make fingering the criminal a certainty. Besides the six primary suspects who sat … Read more
I feel the surge of electric current coursing through me as I inadvertently, yet automatically respond to the day’s events. Stimuli come at me constantly. I am barraged by news, pummeled by points, inundated with innuendo. I can’t help but react because I am part of a whole unwillingly linked organism known as social media. … Read more
I like to keep up with the news, but the emotional cost is hard to afford. I suspect I would feel better if I simply avoided any news contact, in the same way that I am happier when I avoid ever stepping on the scale to check the progress of my weight. I crave the … Read more