I have not done well maintaining my journal recently and then it becomes overwhelming- all of the things you want to say ( Read more... )

I am looking out the window at the miniature Asian pear tree my mother gave me. Its tiny green buds are slowly transforming. I wonder if they have steps and instructions they follow like Finn’s transformers. If the instructions are lost, the toy’s potential is then limited by our communal memory. I’m grateful to have a life without instructions ( Read more... )

I had an exam yesterday with some surprise essay questions. Nice! I think it went well, but we shall see when the grading is finished. I also had two mini-papers and a research paper due this week. Hooray for school! AAAACK! Truthfully, I plan ahead in ways that would make you want to smack me and I do enjoy my time spent in school. I've ( Read more... )

Tonight I met a friend for dinner that is due to have her second baby any day. We laughed, shared stories and got excited about the future. I gorged on warm chocolate brown with semi sweet chocolate ice cream on top. Daniel the Dog is sprawled out in a white lump next to me with his curious eyes. I’ve spent too much time away from LJ again and ( Read more... )

My class took this test: https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/personality/ and wrote a short paper on it. Fascinating! Can you guess how I faired? Mmmm maybe don't guess. ;) I scored high on all of the big five (high is not good or bad). I scorest highest ( Read more... )

Dear Finn ( Read more... )

Dear Finn ( Read more... )

1. My "Living with Emotions" class is going really well. I am enjoying the homework, the discussion and the returned presence of mindfulness meditation in my life. So challenging, but so important and grounding. It's challenging to consider making changes to some of my less healthy coping behavior and to learn how to be still when experiencing ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell: http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html It's a fascinating book that really demystifies the American fascination with how success happens. There are always outside forces at work in one person or culture's success ( Read more... )

How do you summarize what feels like your life in the blender? I wonder what flavor we end up ( Read more... )