Tag Archives: learning to relax

What a Difference a Day Makes…

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Tricia

Yesterday morning I shuffled out of the house to walk Tetley, simultaneously grouchy about and awestruck by the beauty of the snow that had fallen overnight. My neighborhood looked like a black-and-white movie Twenty-four little hours later, I pulled into … Continue reading →

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Drifts of Snow, Angles of Light

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Tricia

The snow brought a lovely quiet and a rare state of ‘not-doing’ to my home. Life always seems a constant of ‘must-do’s’. You know, the endless lists: laundry, cook, clean, groceries, pay-bills, exercise squeezed in around a 40 hour job. … Continue reading →

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A Remembered Peace

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Tricia

Yesterday, although bitterly cold, was so bright and fresh, I wanted to be outside. I gathered twigs and branches as kindling for the fireplace. We’ve had a fire every night recently – a beautiful, antidote to the cold night – … Continue reading →

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A Year in My (Fantasy) Life of Retirement

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Tricia

In another 8 months, my daughter will be off to her new life as a college student. This imminent change for both of us has cooked up a veritable soup of emotions but also, a sense of possibility about what … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on the Holidays and a Retail Life

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Tricia

This year I received a pin marking my 15th year working for my company. How lucky am I to have a job I love for all of these years? It’s just around this time of year – working in a … Continue reading →

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Look What Happened!

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Tricia

Not so long ago, the age I am now seemed impossibly old. But I don’t feel old. I refuse to join the AARP – not yet. Still, I have to face it – I am aging – and mostly, it’s … Continue reading →

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Worldly Distractions (and my new i-phone)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Tricia

The cup of tea on the table behind me grows cold, the ceiling needs painting, my finger throbs from yesterday’s accidental slicing, there is too much pressure on my right ankle sitting cross-legged like this, my stomach is grumbling – … Continue reading →

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To Sit, To Breathe

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Tricia

Look what I found at a tag sale yesterday: I’ve been thinking about meditation recently so this little zabuton is the perfect inspiration to get my ass positioned for a ‘sit’.  Reasons to do so are plentiful: relieves stress, inspires … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go to Bed Angry – A Lesson Remembered

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Tricia

Anger should not be allowed in bed at night.  Instead of disappearing into a blissful dream state, the grinding of my teeth is the only unconsciousness happening. Snippy sentences replay over and over, pithier responses conjured. Dogs I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Summer Torpor Respite

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Tricia

Steamy-hot days seem to wilt everything but the weeds. What’s left of my vegetable garden is being swallowed by renegade grasses and the border of browning hostas and now-skeletal daylillies is barely visible behind pigweed and chokecherry.  The unruly mess … Continue reading →

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