Journal writing

Reflecting on the past

This morning I met a friend at a coffee shop, and we sat outside enjoying a conversation over morning coffee. Before the pandemic started this was a regular occurrence, but in the past year we have only tried 2 or 3 times. Both of us are very concerned about our own, and each other’s healthContinue reading “Reflecting on the past”

Drunk Tanks

I was reading a news article about a man who died in police custody. They were discussing the future of drunk tanks. This got me thinking back to the time I was in a drunk tank. That was about 17 years ago, or so. One of my daughters wanted to change her surname back fromContinue reading “Drunk Tanks”

Tired

I’m tired. Not just physically exhausted, but mentally and emotionally tired. Toffee tries hard to keep me going…he gets me up between 4 and 5 every morning just to get a head start on the day. But I had 3 late nights in a row, either because of meetings or participating in webinars. A bigContinue reading “Tired”

Patience

Let me tell you about my first father-in-law. (yes I have been married more than once.) Skinny, the literal translation of his name, was a very spiritual man. Everywhere he went, every day of the year he would tell people about God’s love for us. He was kind and patient. His patience is what IContinue reading “Patience”

Daily?

I just looked again at the sub-title of this blog site. “Daily reflections on life”. The word “daily” isn’t absolutely true, since I seem to find so many other things that get in the way of sitting down for 10 minutes every morning to write. Sometimes it is the rush of getting ready to headContinue reading “Daily?”

Ten Images

Here are just 10 images from the past 24 hours. Thank you to Ash Parsons, via the Isolation Journals. the drip coffee waking me up enough to answer messages from my brother the Canada goose pretending to be a swan decoy in the pool the crisp, cool air at 6 a.m. the delicious aroma escapingContinue reading “Ten Images”

Almost a year ago I was watching (on YouTube) the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He and his pianist, Jon Batiste were talking and laughing, as usual! They mentioned the person who had more than a fair share of vowels in her name. I was intrigued and searched for Suleika Jaouad. She was offering “TheContinue reading “Journal writing”