Discovering Joy Through Simple Practices
Simple practices keep us sane in complicated times. Sometimes they help us find solutions, as well.
Simple practices keep us sane in complicated times. Sometimes they help us find solutions, as well.
I emptied the large glass mason jar onto the table during lunch. Everyone was home (which is rare these days)…
A white winter wonderland greeted us this morning. It’s April 9 and snow covers my newly reinstalled patio furniture. Snow…
“I always get these,” my sister says. She passes me the phone-like interpretive device she collected from the smiling, white-toothed…
Last year about this time, I shared the story of saying goodbye to life-long summer neighbors. (Read the essay here.) For…
I stood in the backrow. The fitness room’s mirrored walls didn’t allow for anonymity, but I felt better there, even…
On a cool afternoon in the early 80s, I unrolled my reflective tanning blanket to sunbathe at my family’s Wisconsin…
“Seize the day, then let it go.” -Marty Rubin One by one, cars creep past. Passengers point and gawk, muttering…
The following essay, Love Baked Daily, was a semifinalist for the Chicago “Listen to your Mother” Show. I wrote it as an homage to…
I felt its beginnings over a week ago. In response, I bought fresh flowers. I diffused uplifting essential oils. I…