“What do you do when you’re not working here?” I asked him as we stood on the beach. “Well, I just gave my two week notice four weeks ago,” he said. My face lit up. “Oh how exciting!” I said. I don’t think he expected such a response. I explained that I’ve quit quite a…
Month: June 2010
Canoe Island
“Do you camp up there?” people ask when I tell them I’m going on our annual family vacation to Lake George. “Far from it,” I say. “Picture Dirty Dancing. The same ten families come the same week every year to the same place.” “Is there a dance instructor?” they ask, referring to Patrick Swayze’s character…
Back to the Future
“That’s a real one,” I said to the group of four nursing students as they pulled a vertebral column (backbone) out of their bone box. “What do you mean real?” one asked. I laughed. “Real. As in it used to be in someone’s body.” I watched as two of them lost all color and leaned…
Another Crazy Idea?
Not too long after I started teaching Anatomy &Physiology lab at a local college, one of the tenured professors asked me if I was considering getting a doctorate and teaching full-time at a college. “No, I don’t think so,” I said. “It’s a lot of time and money to get a doctorate. And I have…
Visiting the Tumbleweed Tiny House
As we drove up to the Harley Davidson dealership in Austintown, Ohio, the Tiny House was no where to be seen. I grew a little nervous. “Uh oh,” I said. “Wait a minute,” responded Dad. “Let’s drive around the whole building first.” And that’s when we found it. I breathed a sigh of relief. I…
The Tumbleweed:)
Saw the Tumbleweed Fencl today. It’s even cuter in person. Will post pics and write some more on Saturday (won’t be home til late Friday night!).
On Listening to Your Body
After noticing her dog was keeping an eye on us, our host explained, “He knows he gets fed at 8, 12 and 5. So if it’s near those times, he stays close to me – reminding me it’s time. It’s amazing how their bodies just know.” And I thought, “Our bodies know too….we just aren’t…
Kohlrabi and More Praise for the Farmer’s Market
“What’s that?” asked my Little Sister. We were standing under a tent at my local farmer’s market, surrounded on three sides by fresh produce. “I have no idea,” I said as we stood in line waiting to make our purchases. “But he’s got a price list – let’s see what’s on there that we’ve never…
Letting Go
We are a society that likes to hold on to things: the clothes that no longer fit, the kitchen gadget never used, the man we just know isn’t right for us. “I should just let it go,” I said to my mother the other day. Except I wasn’t talking about clothes or gadgets or men. …
The Pursuit of Happiness
A speaker I went to hear last night said it seems we forgot about our right to pursue happiness. That, instead, we’ve replaced it with the right to pursue materialistic things. I see his point. People think the accumulation of more or bigger “stuff” leads to “happiness.” So we’re a society with lots of stuff. …
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