Category: Going Mental
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Beautiful America
It’s been less than a week since being back on American soil and visiting home. It is so nice to be amongst those with whom I am most comfortable and those who know me best. Even though I have not been home to visit for five years, it has felt as if I haven’t been…
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Journey Home
Every now and then, I return to previous thoughts. This one is one of them, but perhaps from a different perspective point. There is a line in one of my favorite movies that I often consider relatable on many levels to my own way of thinking and place in this world. Jo says “I love…
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Today’s Joy – well, in January 2021…
**This is the original part of the post that somehow didn’t get published…** Since the finalization of the election results (before the January 6th formalities), I have had this countdown on my home tab of my browser. Each day there is a saying to consider philosophically along with a beautiful picture. Most of the time,…
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A Peripatetic Lifestyle
The other day one of our friends told me as I was recounting our movements for the next few weeks that we were living a peripatetic lifestyle. I had never heard this word before, so they explained it to me. It’s true. Beyond just our travels, we tend to live this kind of life because…
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AF Is Baaack!
**Warning: Possible TMI alert – blood and adult content to follow** 😛 It may have been the law of attraction. It may have been the Universe’s idea of a good joke. It may have been finally returning to regular yoga classes. It may have been a subconscious release. Whatever it was/is, my monthly visitor —…
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What DO I do?
A common and fair question when we first meet people is to ask what one does – for work, for life, for whatever. For years, that was a safe and easy question to answer with no unintended nuances like ‘where are you from’ can hold. I knew how to answer it directly and, though, I…
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Oversaturation
One of my favorite items to use in analogies is the sponge. It works on many levels – kids at about age eight are little sponges soaking up everything new with curiosity; pain can be absorbed like a sponge, but it doesn’t mean that it has left the body until you squeeze it out, but…
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Fall Reshuffle
Ever since I was young I have had a thing for rearranging the furniture in my personal space. I did it frequently in my offices at work. I do it regularly in my bedrooms and most rooms that allow for the reconfiguration of movable objects. I attribute it to the fact that it makes me…
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Compromises
Life is a constant up and down like a seesaw. When I first saw the Korean version of this weird balancing device, I was confused as to why they would consider it play to ask kids/players to stand on the balancing board rather than sit as is the US way of play. I mean, talk…
