The Blog - On My Terms
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” -Joan DidionNever One to Make Resolutions, but Setting Goals? I’m On Board With
Happy New Year! 🥳 I hope you woke this morning feeling excited and ready for a new year. If you woke with a champagne- or bourbon-induced hangover (like one person I know) that carried throughout the day, then I apologize for the upbeat tone of this newsletter. If...
Preparing for Another New Beginning
There is no wrong way to spend Dead Week. Here’s what I’m doing.
Reading: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I adore Taylor Jenkins Reid’s style of writing. And the audio book was superb! Read all of my thoughts about After I Do.
Holidays, Perspective, Life
Sometimes when you’re in the middle of a crisis, you gain clarity and perspective from everything else happening around you.
“… you become what you give your attention to.”
Is it time to turn our attention away from social media? Or is social media going to die and make the decision for us?
Writing Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World
Or, at the very least, write to figure out how you feel about the world not making sense.
Who You Choose to Represent You IS Your History
Who you choose to represent you says everything about you. Are you happy with how it’s going? What are you doing to make it better?
removing toxicity WILL improve your life
Photo Courtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing Today is my birthday! It’s been one year since I celebrated my fiftieth birthday in Boston with my husband. As my fifty-first birthday approached,...
a calling to adventure (and to the Camino de Santiago)
Sometimes ideas stick, sometimes they are a starting points for something else. Either way, the calling happened (this time) during a road trip to a funeral in Eastern Kentucky to honor a great man.
death and taxes, this I’m certain of
Photo Courtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing This post was originally written and published on April 20, 2022 via Substack. Today’s post is a diary of sorts — thoughts leftover from a...