A Mindful Life

I was tagged by Kat. Four Jobs YouÂ’ve Had 1. Library book cataloger and purchaser 2. Psychotherapist in a mental health clinic and private practice 3. Dental assistant 4. Clerk at Borders, Lerner clothing, St. Claire Paint & Wallpaper, movie theater, CVS drugstore, Burger King Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over 1. The [...]

And the contents of the bottle: The two slips of paper are fortune cookie fortunes: “He who knows when enough is enough will not encounter misfortune.” “Man who drive like hell bound to get there.” There were also tiny parrot erasers and a phone-shaped eraser, a silver bell, a ball, as well as a birthday [...]

I sent a postcard to a participant on PostcardX. Lo! She responded! I haven’t yet opened it up to read the note. Yes, this bottle came through the mail exactly as you see it here. It cost three first-class stamps. It’s full of sparkly wire and small toys. The neat thing is she’s a retired [...]

A common question that reverberates inside our home, particularly when I’m about to go out, is “Where are my eyeglasses?” I need them for driving and they help with reading, but when I’m at home I can function without them. They invariably end up: on a bookcase, on the hearth, on my nightstand, on the [...]

There are some griefs so loudThey could bring down the sky,And there are griefs so stillNone knows how deep they lie. –May Sarton, “Of Grief” In memory of Nixzmary Brown There are many many children who die of abuse and neglect. This case in particular has hit home. I think it has to do with [...]

I haven’t written much about it, but I’m one week into my new job. So far I like it very much, and I can see I will be quite busy. My work isn’t even cut out for me — that’s how much latitude I have. Of course, I’m pretty much exhausted. I worked on Sunday [...]

This photo was taken February 1965, when I was 20 months old. I don’t know exactly when the picture was taken, although I imagine it to be on a Saturday afternoon, and my mother would have begun to prepare supper. My Dad worked two jobs. He was an elementary school teacher, but supporting a family [...]

The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people, too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It [...]

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kathryn! In Japan, Kathryn can only be prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government. Kathryn was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons. Three seagulls flying overhead are a warning that Kathryn is near! There are six towns [...]

…posting photos. Please forgive me. I took this photo on a museum visit just prior to Christmas. The Blue Veil / Edmund Charles Tarbell / DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA