I have always been a summer girl. Life is better at 90 degrees in the sun. But I am learning to embrace the fall, to submit to the winter, to pay attention to the changing of the leaves. It is time for soups and sweater weather. I am not angry at it…I am here for it. That was the last thing I said here on October 10th. Did I call the not-quite-so-angry-anymore bit a … [Read more...] about Week 17 – Dramatic hyperbole? Perhaps. But I am still here for it.
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Falling Leaves, Filled Donuts, and Fierce Grace
Kobi and I began reading Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May after I came across it on the How to be a Better Human Podcast. The host, Chris Duffy, read the following excerpts: However it arrives, wintering is usually involuntary, lonely, and deeply painful.Yet it's also inevitable. We like to imagine that it's possible … [Read more...] about Falling Leaves, Filled Donuts, and Fierce Grace
Week 7 – The Arrow of Focus…or The Focus of God…or Why I Deleted All Social Media and News Apps From My Phone
Sitting in my Thinking Chair* yesterday morning, I deleted every social media, news app, apps whose last use I cannot recall, and apps that I mindlessly tap when I mindlessly grab my phone out of distraction, discomfort, or the slightest suggestion of boredom. I was pretty reckless about the whole thing, figuring that if I deleted something important by accident, the nature of … [Read more...] about Week 7 – The Arrow of Focus…or The Focus of God…or Why I Deleted All Social Media and News Apps From My Phone
Week 6 – Getting Up and Going to Work
Today’s writing almost got rescheduled. My book club is reading Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan. I started it yesterday; so far, so good. I feel like I understand Joy Davidson and her struggles fairly well (or, I should say, the Joy Davidson as presented by Callahan). This writing session was already getting worked out in my head, and it all nearly came to a stop when, in … [Read more...] about Week 6 – Getting Up and Going to Work
Week 4…or Month One…or Week 5…or Lessons in Feeding Yourself
I had intentions of going back through my journal to pick out all the things I didn’t get to during my weekly check-ins. Framily, there are a lot of them. I had this idea that I would just hit the high points once a week and do a better job of the rest of it around the 23rd. Except schedules don’t really work that way. I don’t magically have more time once a month than I do … [Read more...] about Week 4…or Month One…or Week 5…or Lessons in Feeding Yourself