Volunteering, Connection and Disappointment

Part Two of Three In November 2018 I started volunteering, I’d been thinking about doing it for several months but couldn’t decide where, there are so many excellent causes. Finally I decided to join a very reputable organization that puts volunteers in elementary schools to tutor children who are behind in their reading. I love […]

Look After Yourself!

For almost two weeks I’ve been hunched over my desk, doing schoolwork and making jewelry for upcoming Christmas Markets. Very productive…until…IT started. That aching pain up the right side of my neck, then a few days later over the right side of my head and eventually out my right eye. Has your eye ever felt […]

Thin Strips

To julienne something is to it cut into thin strips, similar to matchsticks. While contemplating this “word of the day” from my friends in the Ragtag Community it occurred to me that humans repeatedly julienne themselves. Carving our beings, our hearts, brains and souls into smaller and smaller slivers in order to meet the ever-increasing […]

Just Get On With It…

I’m a really good sleeper, no trouble falling or staying asleep. So WTH is going on? It may surprise those who know me that last week I awoke at 5am, was out of bed and in my home office by 6…again I say WTH?! My brain is on full speed; making lists, designing bracelets, pondering […]

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 […]