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Sparks of Joy, Embers of Sadness
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a wildly popular little book that has been sitting on the bestseller list for a few weeks. It’s a bit wacky and wonderful, and somehow, incredibly motivating. Basically, the author … Continue reading
The Challenges and Pleasures of Paying Attention
10:00 AM Thawing! Yes, the end of winter is in sight. And sounds! Can you hear the birds’ new songs? I have tried to avoid chiming in on winter complaints and not just because whining about the snow and cold … Continue reading
The Focus Turns From Death to Life
On the front page of last Saturday’s New York Times, the headline read “As Ebola Ebbs, Focus Turns From Death to Life”. Norimitsu Onishi’s article is about life returning to normal in Liberia, featuring wonderful images of people on the … Continue reading
Conjuring Mothballs
I prefer ushering summer in, more than I do out. Packing away shorts, and cotton shirts is a melancholy activity – unlike the joy of pulling all these garments out after a long winter. It seems I wore only half of my … Continue reading
Vertigo: Slow Down You Move Too Fast
My default speed out in the world is FAST. Customers marvel at how quickly I answer their emails and process quotes and orders. Out on the book floor, I’m zippy at the cash register and wrap gifts in a flash. … Continue reading
A Rock and a Dive
There’s a spot about 20 minutes paddle from shore, where the Sound pushes into and out-of the natural harbor between two islands. Depending on the tide, we sometimes get buffeted in a crash of waves. Pulling our paddles in, we … Continue reading
A Pain in the Neck, Creativity and No Plans
I am at the edge of an ocean of time: a week off from work with no plans! Yet, since joyfully levitating out of the store, I’ve already kayaked every day (R was my Prince waiting with water-borne chariot on … Continue reading
The BEA, and the Crapshoot of Event Audiences
Last week’s Book Expo America at the Javits Center in NYC was like a gathering of a huge clan. I felt almost a familial recognition as I moved with the mobs traipsing through the convention center. These were my people … Continue reading
Over the Hill
My birthday is this week. Again. Since I slipped over to the downward slope, everything goes so much faster. Once again, it’s time to celebrate. But didn’t we just do this? I’ve never been particularly coy about my age, but … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged aging, books, Grief, Love, meditation, memoir, nature, reading, seasons, Spring, time, Winter, work
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Some Winter Joy
I have always identified myself as a Winter-hater. When the rich Autumn light thins into icy-grey and nights grow long, I fall into a funk. I mourn the passing of warmth and resulting ease of moving from inside to outside … Continue reading