My friend and I followed the signs down the driveway to what must have been a former coach house. As directed by the sign on the door, we carefully opened it so as not to let the cat out. We went up the stairs gingerly and were greeted at the top by a beautiful whitewashed…
Category: Thoughts
The Two Thousand Dollar Question
On explaining to a friend that one of my girlfriends just spent two thousand dollars to hire a matchmaker, he said, “If she’s wants to invest two thousand dollars in order to find a guy to marry, that’s not how she should spend it.” He continued, explaining what he thought she should use that money…
Random Rambling
I lost entirely too much time the other day just wandering around the internet. I really need to get out and wander the world instead, but that’s another story. However, in my wanderings, I came across this. And I thought, “Hmm…I could just chuck it all and go live in western NC for a year…
On Simple Pleasures
“That was the best part of my week here,” said the gentleman walking down the trail with us. I smiled, but didn’t comment as it wasn’t my compliment to take. The compliment was meant for the other two people walking the trail with me: my friend John and his father – who had, just a…
Thoughts on the Tumbleweed
“So what do you think?” I asked my mother after we saw the Tumbleweed Tiny House in Ohio. I was shocked when she actually gave me her opinion. See, Mom never wants us to be able to say, “But you told me….” so she rarely gives her opinion on our life decisions big or small. …
On Living Alone
The Pleasures of Living Alone (Note: This does not mean that I want to live alone forever…but while I’m here, I’m enjoying it!) Waking up without an alarm (mine or anyone else’s)- every single morning. Having been awake for two hours, but not having yet gotten out of bed, nor spoken a word. Upon waking,…
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…
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…
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. …
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