I feel like I've been doing a great deal of reminiscing lately. Sometimes, I really just like to think about the past and all the good things that happened there. Sure, there are plenty of parts about my history that I'd be happy to forget, but in the midst of all that crap, there are … Continue reading On remembering the good times….

I have lost a lot of motivation for writing lately. I used to want to write all the time; now, while I still want to write, I feel like I have nothing to say and no energy to think of anything. The wedding blog is something I want to pursue with a LOT more gusto … Continue reading On making changes….

I was talking to Todd the other day about how I have little motivation to do much of anything right now. There's nothing I really want to write about, cooking is very blah to me for the moment, and there are so many things I want to do around the house I can hardly stand … Continue reading On unclogging the pipes….

As women and men, when we're in relationship with our chosen lovers, there come times when we focus on nothing but the bad. We all have faults, that's fact; and it's just so easy to focus on what's wrong with our mates. It's been said that it's much easier on the body to smile than … Continue reading On choosing to see the good in life….

"Be the change you want to see." It sounds so idyllic, so cliche, so positively obnoxious. I heard that quote on the radio the other day during an ad for a university. It's true though, isn't it? And in so many ways. We can all think of ways where this statment applies to either our … Continue reading On learning from life’s cliches….

I've been learning a lot about compassion in the last several months. It's a difficult concept, that's for sure. It's very multi-faceted and much more complex than I think I ever really thought it was. The most incomprehensible thing I've come to learn is that understanding compassion also results in a great deal more intolerance … Continue reading On getting that lovin’ feeling….

"Anyone can imagine a car or an interstate highway system. It takes a science fiction writer to come up with a traffic jam." So said one of the panelists, Connie Willis, during a discussion last weekend at COSine in Colorado Springs on the relevancy of Robert Heinlein. I feel like I might need to justify … Continue reading On predicting the future….

Lacking direction or focus is one of the most frustrating places to get stuck. Often times, though, we wind up there of our own volition. We do it to ourselves. Not all the time, but most of the time, it would seem. There is always something to do or somewhere to go or someone to … Continue reading On choosing your next battle….

I have a good friend that runs a really fantastic blog about her adventures in home ownership. She and her husband are wildly talented at building and decorating so seeing their home and it's progress is simultaneously motivating and jealousy-inducing (in only the best ways). More often than not, she does something to her house … Continue reading On doing what comes naturally….

I feel like most of us spend a substantial portion of our lives trying to define ourselves. What is it that makes us who we are? What is that one "thing" that we do or are that tells the world (or, at the very least, our friends and family) what makes us tick? For some, … Continue reading On figuring out who you are….