Phew, made it! I completed the year without serious mishap and managed to reach my monthlong goal of blog entries. It has been a trip. Writing doesn’t come easily to me. For example, yesterday’s meagre post took me about two hours to complete. Still, I am pleased with the exercise and very grateful to all …
Like many people who work regular full-time hours, Monday through Friday, I was never a fan of Sunday evenings. For that reason, when I had the opportunity to work a modified full-time schedule with every other Monday off, I took it. You’d be right to expect that a Sunday evening before a Monday off would …
When my son first introduced us to his girlfriend, Isa, two years ago, I remarked to my husband that there was a shift in the usual thrum of our household, normally a backdrop of whistling birds, whining dogs, Neil Young and our trusty Rabbit Air purifier. I have one son from my first marriage, an …
My husband and I have our fair share of significant dates: there was the facebook friend invite, the first time we met in person, the day we officially announced we were a couple and the culmination of all of these anniversaries, our wedding day. Twelve years ago to the day, we met in person for …
It was exactly a year ago today that I stopped dying my roots and I have five inches of silvery growth to show for it. It’s been a trip. Honestly, making the decision wasn’t the hardest part. It was a combination of reasons really: my hairdresser of 30 plus years was retiring, my brown roots …
Sixty years ago today, I was born on an elephant in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, formerly Orissa, on the Bay of Bengal, to a Punjabi father and a Welsh mother. This birthday is particularly painful because my dad died this past July and he was a true aficionado when it came to birthday …
My singer-songwriter-guitarist husband has an upcoming gig in February that he is really looking forward to. I’m happy for him. He works hard at his craft, is a prolific songwriter and a gifted (and patient) teacher. Since we met, he has generously invited me into the fold, whether to play guitar alongside him or accompany …
Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of one of the happiest days of my life. I think my husband was a tad disappointed that I didn’t blog about it so I will try to make up for it today. What was so great about it? Some girls are seduced by flowers; all it took for …
2022 was a dreadful year for me and my family. But hey, here I am intact with 110 books under my belt. Thank goodness for books. Thank heavens for friends and community. Much love to my readers, all good things in the new year, happy reading. Here is the complete list: January 1. China Room …
It’s the small acts of kindness that get me through challenging days. Kind acts that I don’t necessarily appreciate at the time, but that I acknowledge later on when taking inventory of my day. Like the colleague who noticed how frazzled I was this afternoon and asked if she could help, the son who asked …
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