Hmmm, I may need to rethink the NaBloPoMo thing. Today’s prompt is: What is the best poem to read when you’re feeling sad? Ummm… I haven’t got a clue. Absolutely nothing comes to mind. I told you I didn’t like poetry. When I’m feeling sad, I like to pout in the bedroom, away from everyone else (who are probably the people who made me feel sad in the first place). I like to read a good book (historical mysteries are my current favourites), have a bath, and go to sleep. I also like to brood. Of course, I also like…
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In a little under a week, the husband and I will be getting on an airplane and flying down to Florida. Normally, I would be worried about the flight itself. I don’t like to fly. I don’t like the idea that if, all the gods forbid, something were to happen, I would be aware I was on my way to a fiery death for an unacceptably long period of time. There is also all that turbulence; the bumping, jumping and terribly sudden drops that makes you wonder if humankind really was meant to fly. All of these “legitimate concerns” are…
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So, November NaBloPoMo didn’t go well at all. I think that sort of highlights a trend in my life: I often start out all gung ho about a new plan or goal, and soon lose interest or find myself spending all my energy on my next latest, greatest plan. My pile of started projects is nearly uncountably big, and has actually started to cause me a lot a stress. This is not what I want in my life. With all of this in mind, and the end of the year rocketing towards us, I figured it was time for a…
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Well, seven days into NaBloPoMo and I’m stuck for something to write about. Today was a quiet day. I headed out to Fabricland to pick up some bits and pieces so I can make a few things, and then we had dinner at a friend’s home. It’s funny how 8pm seems late now that I have a kid. I know we are just dealing with the time change, but even still, I couldn’t help thinking how it was well past both kids’ beadtime. Funny how your perspective changes. Tomorrow: more writing from prompts. Thank goodness!
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Last month the husband and I managed to escape to Las Vegas for a much needed, if somewhat short, holiday. We stayed in a fabulous room at the Cosmopolitan, ate some great food, and saw a wonderful show. Even though the view from our room was amazing… … that really wasn’t the best part. If you look around in Vegas, you will find quite a bit of beauty mixed in with all the harsh glamour and brittle façades. One of my favourite places to look for beauty is the little rain-forest garden in the middle of the Mirage. Old fashioned…
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A little while ago I posted a bit about [amazon_link id=”006158326X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Happiness Project[/amazon_link] and some of the guidelines I came up with for myself. One of the most important to me was “What you like is what you like, and realize it is okay to want to like things but still not like them.” And, today, just when I needed a reminder, this quote showed up in my inbox this morning, from the Happiness Project daily email: “I should like to like Schumann’s music better than I do; I dare say I could make myself like…
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I would have to say (regardless of my past few posts), overall I’m pretty happy with my life. I may, on days where I have gotten a reasonable amount of sleep, even go so far as to say I am very happy. But, like Gretchen Rubin, the author of [amazon_link id=”006158326X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Happiness Project[/amazon_link], I think happiness is something that should be worked on and courted, especially when times are good. I’ve read The Happiness Project twice, once with a bit of skepticism, and again with an eye to giving it a try myself. A lot of…
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About a week and a half ago, I went on a little retreat. I stayed downtown at the Sheraton (and had great service and an upgraded room). I did some shopping, ate at some great restaurants, and tried to get some sleep. The funny thing about retreats, though, is that you (or at least I) never get as much done as you/I hope to. In my case, I got drawn in by cable TV, which we haven’t had at home since September 2009. And, my goodness, it sure hasn’t improved since then. I think nearly everything on was either a…
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Every year I make the same mistake: spring officially starts, and I put away the winter hats. And, of course, every year I have to get them back out again. This year they sat in the closet for a whole three days. That is the view from my bedroom window, overlooking our little park. Two days ago there was green-ish grass out there. Spring flowers were starting to poke through the earth. Yesterday it snowed. It snowed about 15 cm (around 6″). That doesn’t sound like too much, but when you aren’t expecting it, it is more than enough. There…
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Somehow, I’m sitting at my computer at 10 o’clock on the evening of January 1st, and I still haven’t come up with concrete resolutions for 2011. Oh, I have some goals. And, surprisingly, some of those goals are actually pretty carefully planned out. But, they are all craft-related, and, sadly, there is more to my life than that. I could just say I’m going to do X and Y just so that I have some resolutions. But, I think it is more important to plan out what I really want to achieve rather than just say any old thing so…