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Celebrating Comfort in a Suffering World
Muse joyfully on relaxing, rejuvenating.
A Graduation Speech We All Need To Hear
First off, wisdom. Floss your teeth. And do it before you brush them so it will feel wrong not to brush your teeth without having first flossed them. Your sixty year old gums will thank you and you will not regret going to the dentist.
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Graduation: ‘I celebrate my baby’s hard work, passion and dedication.’
It’s Joyful Musings Cali version, amigos – I’m writing this from Southern California where ideally I am hid I celebrate my baby’s hard work, passion and dedication. The truth is, when I come to the West Coast, I always feel like an elderly pilgrim, a yokel, the student who yells “you forgot to give the quiz, Ms. Heeter!”
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Enjoying Life’s Simple Pleasures Like Night Water
“Night water is the best!” he remarked and I muse joyfully on “night water” – on things that bring us simple joys, on moments that quench our thirst, literally and figuratively.
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Cherished Memories Find New Home in Fire Pit
Last week I opened a trunk that had not seen the light of day since the late 90s. In the spirit of moving houses, packing and sorting, I opted to take this trunk with me as I traveled down to the south shore of Massachusetts.
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Clearly, Clear Bins are the Best
Today I muse joyfully on the adverb, “clearly.” I love when people use this word, say things like, “clearly, I am mad” or “clearly, you are confused.
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Here’s To Spring and Our Wondrous Teachers
It’s a beautiful Saturday to muse joyfully, to think of spring ahead, to hear the birds coming back, coming alive, singing their songs. The buds are ready to burst and the shades of green are incredible. It’s spring, musers, it’s spring.
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Celebrating Poetry Month With Some Fine Memories and ‘The Race’
So, as I’d grabbed my Norton Anthology of Poetry for the trip, I ate M&M’s and I read poetry out loud to pass the hours.
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I Saw A Hawk Gliding Along This Morning
I saw a hawk this morning using the wind to coast, to flow, to float, to rise above some rocks.
Letting Go, Time to Downsize
Relief can present herself in a myriad of forms, realizing there is just enough toilet paper, learning a tumor is benign, waking up and realizing it’s Saturday.