A Mindful Life

Well, Donna did it, so I thought I’d play along. It makes me think I should aim for more auspicious first sentences of my own (some of these are quotes). January: Answering a question posed by a reader who wanted to know what one of the bulletin board quotes was (it was too blurry) February: [...]

Dick Richards, the author of Come Gather Round, tagged me for a meme. I’m to write about five things you might not know about me. Although I go exclusively by the name Kathryn now, everyone called me Kathy for 25 years (unless I was in trouble with my parents). At age 12, I wanted to [...]

Just for fun. Via Shirl from the Other Side. I’m a Mandarin! You’re an intellectual, and you’ve worked hard to get where you are now. You’re a strong believer in education, and you think many of the world’s problems could be solved if people were more informed and more rational. You have no tolerance for [...]

There is something very wonky about my layout in Safari (I typically don’t use it) today. It’s entirely green, and the right hand side displays after the posts. I can’t fix it, though, as I still don’t have access to my computer. All my files are on it, and I’m consigned to using a back-up [...]

Another month, another Snuggle. Yay!

Age is not intolerable if your shins are warm. –Verlyn Klinkenborg, Timothy, or, Notes of an Abject Reptile

As seen over at Set Free, I went to this site and went through random quotes until I had five that had “spoken” to me. In this way, through these quotes, you learn a little something about me. Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. –Unknown I think [...]

I made the mistake recently of purchasing something that, once I opened and reflected on my intentions for it, isn’t suitable for my purposes. However, I can’t return the item (bought online) because I already opened it and tossed the packaging. Not so smart, eh? The item is a set of three Moleskine Cahier Extra-large [...]

You probably notice that I’ve been changing the font. The Georgia style (all curly and fussy) was harder for me to read. Then I tried Arial, but it felt inelegant. So I settled on Verdana at a font size I like for my laptop; it will still be pretty big for users of regular computers. [...]

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