Blog Posts

A week in which I doubled down on my resolve to resist by shining a light on joy. It is  always darkest before the dawn, and I am convinced dawn is around the corner. After which we’ll have lots of work to do, so let’s pace ourselves.   Ways I Found Joy This Week Making two more great library hauls Enjoying a fabulous deep tissue massage Laughing out loud at a comedy special Switching my BlueSky feed from “Following” to “Discover”, and counterbalancing the grim realities of o

Those of you who’ve been following me for a while know that I recently started eschewing New Year’s Resolutions (almost invariably abandoned by February) in favor of adopting a mantra to guide me (you can read previous posts on the subject here  and here ). This is the time of year that I both look back (which you’ll likely read about in an upcoming post) and ahead; where I take stock of where I’ve been and where I want to go next. As the days lengthen, I spend a fair amount

I’m over the moon. The book I’ve been working on for years, the record of my transformation, is finally available for purchase. You can get your copy here: https://www.blurb.com/b/12749888-rising-notes-on-a-resurrection Getting the book published has been a learning experience. Given that I’m basically looking down the barrel of seventy (and that I’m fairly impatient), I ultimately opted for self-publishing. What I didn’t expect was that producing a high-quality book would pr

As I enter my fourth week of extremely limited movement thanks to my latest gift from the Universe, my gratitude list is topped by my...