A Mindful Life

At the beginning of my pregnancy I’d seen a journal called The Belly Book. It seemed like a sweet idea, but I didn’t buy it right away. By the end of the first trimester I did get it, but I held off on filling this in until after the amniocentesis. Now I’m immersed. There’s a [...]

I live a good life. In fact, even when I’ve struggled to pay rent and other expenses, I have always had the luxury of running water, heating/cooling, and electricity. Food has never been scarce, nor has it ever been difficult to purchase products for my household or physical needs. I’ve had access to credit which [...]

Husband had a cold last week that laid him low — he rarely stays home from work. Though we tried to keep a distance from each other, it seems that I still caught it. Or am trying to catch it. I have a slightly sore throat. I’m trying to stave off the crud with plenty [...]

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
–Tom Clancy

We took Sophie to the vet Tuesday. It turns out that she died of heart disease called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. It usually affects cats in middle age (which she was) and is believed to have a genetic component, and it results in sudden heart failure. She did not suffer. I want to write a longer post [...]

Around 9 p.m. Husband found Sophie lying on the floor, not breathing, without a pulse. She just died. Sophie May was not quite eight years old. She was born September 1999, one month before I met Husband. I knew Sophie from her birth since a friend rescued her pregnant momma. Now she’s just…gone. I am [...]

Every spring the city of Santa Clara offers residents the opportunity to clean out their attics, closets, garages, yards, etc. With the exception of computer equipment, they’ll take anything you put out: construction material, refrigerators, boxes, toys, paper, garden supplies, tools, furniture, toilets and plumbing fixtures. Just use your imagination; whatever you think of they [...]

I bought ingredients for dinner tonight (chili con carne, rice, and salad) and a couple extra items for lunches (soup, fruit). Below is an itemized list of what I bought and the price. It seemed like a lot of moola. I should be used to prices by now in California, but sometimes I still gape [...]

Even though it was running up on the third floor.

It’s 5:06 a.m. as I type this, and I’ve been awake since Monday morning. I simply do not sleep with any regularity anymore. I hope I can sleep soon, as I have a 1:30 p.m. lunch date with a friend and would like to be conscious enough to drive there.