I was dragging. The clean laundry laid on my unmade bed. The red suitcase on the floor waited for me to unpack it. I had Pandora playing on my computer and was trudging through organizing Christmas bags, boxes, and bows when my phone rang. I was delighted to see it was my friend Carolyn, with…
Month: January 2012
10,000 Steps
“You’re doing the Camino?” he asked. “Did you start practicing yet?” “No,” I replied sheepishly. “But it’s not until May, so I’ve got time.” He looked at me with wide eyes. “You should be out there – at least an hour every day.” It was August, 2011. I was not planning on starting my preparations…
29 Gifts – Again
Some of you may recall that last year I read and then participated in the 29 Gifts project. For those of you that don’t know what this is, here’s the story in a nut shell: A woman named Cami Walker was diagnosed with MS shortly after her marriage. She was feeling pretty miserable – physically…
Learning New Things
Is it just me, or is everyone as stimulated as I am by making things? Whether it’s cooking or crafts, I’m just “in my element” when I’m making something. And if it’s something I’ve never made before, well that’s a whole other level of fun, mystery, and sometimes frustration. In the last three days I’ve…
A Day in the Life – My Work Exchange
I used to be a morning person. I’d wake up before my 7:30 alarm, open the small notebook next to my bed and jot down all that I needed/wanted to do today. If the list was getting too long, I’d cross out things. You can only do so much in one day. I’d then hop…
Here I Am!
“Where are you right now? Where are you going next?” I answer these questions a lot from friends and family. I’ve had to answer them moreso lately because I haven’t written a lot of posts the last couple months so people are starting to wonder what it is I’m up to. If you didn’t get…
Abbondanza
“I’ll just go call Grandma,” I said to my instructor. I was in my Genealogy class at the John C. Campbell Folk School where I had one major advantage over all my classmates: I was the only student who had a grandmother still living. This is probably because I was the youngest student in the…
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