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Lots of chick lit this month. If it doesn't have notes, I didn't remember enough about the book to make notes or just don't have anything of note to say. That can happen with the chick lit I plow through...so escapist it escapes my brain quickly. Ongoing Bible reading right now - using Alabaster's "A… Continue reading Books I Read: Jan 2026 →

This morning I got ready to pack my daughter's lunch. It was mac and cheese day, so I set out a plate, pulled leftover mac and cheese from the fridge, and grabbed a thermos from the lunch-things drawer. Upon opening the thermos, I discovered that last week's leftover mac and cheese was still in it.… Continue reading Public Journal #6: Mom Notes →

Me making friends as an adult: In my mind - I really enjoy talking to this person! She's funny and genuine and we seem to have stuff in common. I'd love to get to know her better, maybe we can hang out more. What is something thoughtful I can say that may connect us? In… Continue reading Random Things →

I tend to get stuck in my head and not notice what is in front of me; I'm working on being present to the things that ARE right now, instead of relentlessly navigating the things that WERE or COULD BE or COULD HAVE BEEN in my mind.  My morning walk yields the things that ARE:… Continue reading Public Journal #4: Presence and Healing →

Robins are a reliable character on the scene of transition from winter to spring. One day, there's one standing on the grass cocking its head at all angles looking around, and then there's another and another. All dark heads and rust-colored bellies, their legs blurring as they skitter across the yard. Up close, they look… Continue reading Public Journal #3 – Spring →

This is me going for a walk outside, a practice I’ve prioritized for several months now.  More on that at the end.  Today is my last day of being 40. If I look back at this year, two themes clearly stand out. The first - Reconciling my current identity.  To move through life is to… Continue reading Public Journal #2: Walking into 41 →

I have stayed largely silent on all things political, quietly watching and processing. I have some thoughts I feel led to share, and hope if you decide to read you will be respectful.  Not everyone who voted for Trump is a racist, misogynistic, ignorant, semi-automatic weapon wielding homophobe. Not everyone who voted for Kamala is… Continue reading Public Journal #1 – 2024 post-election thoughts →

I find myself more introspective than normal lately. Questioning the things that make up my mindsets, picking up thoughts and habits and examining them closely with the intent of finding their origins and discerning their truth. When I calm my inner world enough, I’m taking a pick and slowly teasing apart the separate strands so… Continue reading An examination of identity →

One of my "no's" for 2023 is procrastination; one of my "yes's" is to write regularly. Prior to sitting down to write this, I procrastinated by walking around the house, cleaning up my desktop, thinking about how to write this post perfectly. Which brings me to another "no" - perfectionism. Which both masquerades as and… Continue reading 1.1.23_This is me not procrastinating →

In the rush to "get things done" and be "productive," in the obsession to "maximize time," the consequence is fragmentation. Conversations fragmented into text messages, diluted into lines of words shuttled back and forth. At times words barely thought out, reacting to whatever is at hand. News and information fragmented into click-baiting headlines, squares and… Continue reading Returning to wholeness →