I want my Fahrvergnügen back!

Memories of my youth fall into categories for me; Christmases, vacations, school etc.. and then there’s the back seat. I have an entire ‘memory file’ full of terrifying recollections of me sitting in the back seat of cars that were going way, way, way too fast. There were no speed limits where I grew up,…

2021*

It arrived with a thud on my doorstep yesterday; my 2021 planner. Technically speaking, I could have continued to use last year’s planner.. it’s undated and of course the bulk of it is blank..but (for reasons that are surely obvious and shared by many) I want 2021 to be completely uncoupled from 2020… fresh start,…

“Christmas Day will always be..

..just as long as we have we.” -The Grinch Let the faith and fortitude of those who came before us continue to strengthen our resolve!

The Centerpiece

Many years ago, a few months or so after Christmas, I dug a hole in the garden and plopped my grocery store poinsettia into it. Without much (any?) effort at all, that plant grew into a huge shrub that enchanted us year after year with its miraculously timed, festive red leaves. And then it up…

What does PEACE mean to you?

So here’s a question to consider as we claw our way out of the smelly, nasty pit that was 2020.. If you were to climb onto Santa’s lap and.. (never mind) If you were to launch a note folded up as a paper airplane over Santa’s protective plexiglass barrier asking for peace… and Santa said…

Asking the tough questions..

Theo Tsaousides, Ph.D. is a neuropsychologist, speaker, and author who wrote an article in Psychology Today comparing Passion and Obsession. Even though this piece was published in 2016, the information is still totally relevant today, maybe even more so after the strange year so many of us have experienced. In yesterday’s post, I encouraged you to…