It’s beginning to feel a bit more like fall here in California. I still don’t understand the obsession with pumpkin spice. Hope you’re heading into a nice weekend wherever you are. Quote of the week:“Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are — Read More
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Weekly Roundup: September 9, 2022
Here in California, we’ve had a brutal heat wave for what feels like a month now. I’m yearning for more Fall-like temperatures. When I went for a run this morning (it was 87 degrees at 6:30am), I thought about how I sometimes need to wear gloves on winter runs and couldn’t fathom that. Oh seasons, — Read More
Weekly Roundup: September 2, 2022
Happy Labor Day weekend! Here’s the roundup: Quote of the week:“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” –Rumi What I’m reading:Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard. I’m about halfway through and…wow. What a moving book. The writing — Read More
Weekly Roundup: August 26, 2022
Hope everyone is headed into a relaxing weekend. My brain has been foggy all week. This morning, I was completely confounded about what had happened to my coffee mug and then the microwave dinged and I realized I had put it in there. Wow. So, let’s get into it… Quote of the week:“The daily routine — Read More
Weekly Roundup: August 19, 2022
This week went by fast, didn’t it? Let’s get to it… Quote of the week:“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other — Read More
Weekly Roundup: August 12, 2022
Howdy! Hope you have had a good week. I am still not feeling like myself since Covid. I had no idea the recovery from “mild” Covid would be so hard. The fatigue and brain fog are just now starting to subside for me (I’m almost 3 weeks out). I’m hoping to get back to normal — Read More
Weekly Roundup: August 5, 2022
Well, I missed last week’s roundup because Covid finally got me (and my daughter). We tested positive on July 26. She had exactly zero symptoms and was bouncing off the walls during quarantine, while I felt like I had a bad cold with extreme fatigue (aka mild Covid, relatively speaking). I’m grateful I didn’t have — Read More
Weekly Roundup: July 22, 2022
It’s been a rough week. There’s so much in the news that is utterly depressing. I’ve been particularly affected by all the latest headlines about climate change—record heat, melting ice, species going extinct. It’s a lot to take in. The below quote from Howard Zinn has been a small salve this week… Quote of the — Read More
Weekly Roundup: July 15, 2022
My brain is fried this week so let’s get right into it! Quote of the week:“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” –Henry David Thoreau (Fun fact: this was the quote I picked in my high school — Read More
Weekly Roundup: July 8, 2022
It was a short work week but it felt long. I haven’t recovered from the holiday weekend yet. Hoping to get some recovery time in this weekend. And hope you do too! Quote of the week:“I’ve seen enough change in my lifetime to know that despair is not only self-defeating, it is unrealistic.” —Susan Griffin — Read More