A Mindful Life

I just felt another quake. And a second before it happened I my skin “heard” it… a pre-vibration. Or something.
I do not like this! I know that’s the risk we take living here, and there’s risk everywhere. But…
Tuesday’s earthquake was the largest to hit the area since the Loma Prieta quake of 1989. One of [...]

Yep, I’m going to do it. At least I plan to try. This year I’ll probably focus on photographs — either taking new ones or using Graphic Converter to play with old ones.
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I was in the kitchen getting a glass of water when the room began to shimmy, and the refrigerator actually wobbled, and it went on for much longer than I expected. The house rumbled and creaked. Dishes rattled in the cupboards. The only thing that fell was my Chapstick, which rolled off the bookcase.
The quake [...]

Don’t use a carving knife to carve a pumpkin into a Jack-o’-lantern.
And pay attention to what you’re doing when you do cut into it.
Learn about where the term Jack-o’-lantern originated.
(And no, my thumb did not need stitches. I bled like the proverbial stuck pig, however, and having a half-inch cut on one’s thumb-tip does not [...]

I just went down to say goodnight (and listen to Husband tell me some good news about his job), and when Claire saw me (she’d just finished a good meal), she was all grins and joy. Her eyes lit up, and she cooed at me. I kissed her belly. All my frustrations from today, any [...]

We don’t watch television anymore, at least not together. So right now I’m catching up on recorded episodes of Chuck. I also plan to catch up on Dirty Sexy Money eventually. However, I will probably pass on old episodes of Reaper. It’s kind of a replicate of Chuck (slacker guy with best buddy work in [...]

I’m sitting in the living room on my green sofa. To my left, Stella is curled sleeping on a Winnie-the-Pooh blanket. To my right, Claire is tucked into her swing, sleeping. Both are snoring. How precious is that?
Last night I mentioned something I’d written here, and Husband said, “I thought you weren’t going to turn [...]

How quickly babies change!
At four weeks of age she looked like this.
At seven weeks of age she looks like this!
Her face is much fuller. Claire often has her head tilted to the left (her left), even when sleeping semi-reclined. She prefers her right hand, so we suspect she’s left-brain dominant. We joke that the left [...]

Yesterday I wrestled with ambivalence about what I’ve wrought by having a child.
There are no vacations from this. Every day will be about getting this child fed, clothed, bathed, keeping her occupied. Her needs always first. No matter what, I feel a tension. I’m aware that I’m always on call, not knowing the next [...]

There are things you
do because they feel
right & they may
make no sense & they
may make no money
& it may be the real
reason we are here:
to love each other &
to eat each other’s
cooking & say it was
good.
–Storypeople