A Mindful Life

This is a rough and unrefined condensation of some of what I’m reading. I don’t claim to have answers but I will write without tenuousness. I’m not entirely sure of all the concepts and am not seeking debate. I’m just looking to sort it out for myself here. ——— I am going to die someday. [...]

A little drama today. I was cutting veggies for stew. The last veggies were onions, and they were eye-searingly potent. I’m also really sensitive to onions, and I usually ask someone else to cut them. Today it was just me. Husband had just sharpened the knives, and they were slicing nicely. Except I could hardly [...]

Back in 2004, when my father-in-law was gravely ill, I happened across a book that I was compelled to buy: The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die, by Kathleen D. Singh. I began to read it, and in the introduction the author suggested that if the reader was in the [...]

E is for earth and envelopes.

I was sick of my hair. Long (for me), hot, shaggy, all over the place, drab. So I changed it. Presto! New me, at least externally and above the neck. I also dragged out the sewing machine finally, and figured out how to thread it. Claire says she wants to be a ghost for Halloween, [...]

We made some today. Sequins make life sparkle! I also received a bread maker from a friend’s friend, hardly used. My first loaf of whole wheat bread was quite delicious. I just need to learn to slice evenly. (It makes great pizza dough too.)

Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone. –Hodding Carter