Author: Tara
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Blog Facelift
Although you will read this as a new post, I am writing this on a Google Doc since I have finally taken the plunge to update my blog behind the scenes. You may notice a bit different font, coloring, overall view…or you may not!
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A ‘Jill of All Trades, Master of None’?
Lately, I have been contemplating my role, my purpose, my existence amongst the living. It’s a regular thing I do without an agenda – i.e. I am not suicidal, just contemplative. A new life purpose statement came to me recently, which I hesitate to share as it is a personal element that once put out…
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Fleeting Thoughts
There are so many thoughts that come in and out of my mind every day. Sometimes I remember to act on them, if they are writing ideas or easy to access actionables. Other times, I push them swiftly to the back of my mind to get lost in the shuffle of information blocks jousting for…
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Picking Up the Pace for 2026
Just over a week into 2026, and the pace is picking up. Fortunately, we started the year off very slowly to recharge the batteries. In fact, I spent three full days 90% offline. I do not know that 100% is fully possible unless I also went off-grid, but I still like my creature comforts. Plus,…
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Good-bye 2025
Well, well, it has been more than a hot minute since I last wrote. My mojo for writing anything outside of my novel and journal was more or less lost. I have been percolating ideas, but also I have been pushing aside the voices in my head out of _____ (fill in the blank with…
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Checking In
Again, I am still here. I have lots to share, but time has flown by as I walked the Camino de Santiago from the 8th to the 20th. Some thoughts arose, some ideas percolated to the top, some desires were let go. So, as I process, I shall update. Overall, though, I appreciated the simple…
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Still Alive
Just thought I would pop on here to say, I’m still alive. On one hand, I cannot believe August and September flew by without me writing here at all. On the other hand, I have been writing my OSH’s newsletters, which in some ways have taken my content from this space. So, if you do…
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Gratitude For Flat
Life continues to move forward. I am not yet fully in a headspace where I know what to write here, which is a rarity. It’s not that I am necessarily depressed nor dwelling on any kind of grief. My intellectual brain says, “They were just dogs.” My heart says, “They were my babies.” My soul…
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R.I.P. Monty and Peanut…
Well, it’s taken me almost a month to be able to post about this or to write on here at all. I have been avoiding emotional processing of the loss of these two beautiful souls. At the beginning, I sobbed. I spent hours rewatching videos over the three short years we had with them. I…
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A Long Weekend in England
It started in a castle and ended with an Afternoon Tea. We had a long weekend away to England flying in and out of Bristol, with a drive to Devon/Tavistock, then the beachside in Instow and a final day back in Bristol before our early flight home. It was a lot of fun and fairly…
