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Searching for Gratitude in Dark Times
This has been a dark year, and with the switch to daylight savings time, we now find ourselves rapidly losing daylight. So our physical environment now matches the psychological and spiritual darkness...
View ArticleOwl swoops & fire pits: how to survive winter in lockdown
Here we are, eight months into the pandemic and Oregon is entering another lockdown. I’ve never been superstitious about Friday the 13th, but it strikes me that our schools originally shutdown on...
View Article11 Songs for an Apocalyptic Year
This has been a year like none other in my lifetime. It’s hard to put all of the feelings and experiences of 2020 into words, so I’m picking a song list to express some of what this year has meant to...
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Snapshot: January 2021
From one of our nature walks this month. Here’s what I’m into this month. New Year’s Resolutions/Goals: I set two personal goals for the start of the new year. 1) To start a movie discussion group....
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I’d Like to Stop Talking about the Pandemic
I wish this post could be about something else. I wish I could stop talking and thinking about the pandemic, like so many other people seem to be doing right now. And I get it — the pandemic has felt...
View ArticleDear friends, please get vaccinated
Hey there unvaccinated friends! I’m really trying to write this from my most generous place of empathy and kindness. Let’s start off with the basic assumption that we share a mutual desire for the...
View ArticleOur house is on fire but we can’t lose hope
Hello there, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything. I started a new full-time job, so life has been busy. In spite of continued challenges with the pandemic, this fall has been a thousand times...
View ArticleHow to find joy in spite of our optimism bias
We’re entering our second pandemic winter, and like many people, I was hoping that pediatric vaccines would bring about a greater sense of normalcy. Spencer and I are boosted, our kids have had both...
View ArticleAt least January is over
At least it’s not January anymore. Can we all agree that January is the worst? It’s cold, dark, and we don’t even have any holidays to distract us. Combine that with the omicron surge, and well, it’s...
View ArticleIs dystopia here to stay?
A few weeks ago, while wrapping up my busiest season of work and kids’ soccer, someone unsuccessfully attempted to break into my car, damaging the door handle such that my ability to get into my car...
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