Back From “Vacation”

I’ve just returned from a week long “vacation”; is it a vacation if you don’t have formal employment? The feeling when I returned was different. In the past, the approach to the Monday morning after a vacation would be a mixed bag of emotions; dread at having to get up early, excitement to see the […]

Don’t fall!

It was my birthday on Sunday. It was very mellow as I had enjoyed quite a bit of wine on Saturday, as we sometimes do….all of us! Yesterday it occurred to me that I’m kinda starting over, and to be a certain age with a blank piece of paper in front of you is scary […]

This week…

This week I received an email from the university letting me know which courses are open for registration. I’ve got two starting in a couple of weeks but I browsed the list anyway, one of the courses caught my eye so I clicked it, and for some reason I felt excitement, an awakening of positive […]

Physical States

I see you I saw you, throw your lit cigarette out the car window. I heard you I hear you, cruelly berate your child in the supermarket. I sense you I feel you, judge the clothes, the smile, the weight of another. I allow myself to react, to physically, emotionally react And in doing so […]