Does life have meaning? I used to think it was a slam dunk it did. But now in the middle of the night, as I stare at the computer, I am wondering. And then, suddenly, I am not lying: the dog, who is sitting behind me as he usually does, with no reason reaches out
Now it is Friday and the meetup hiking cabin trip is in the past. The wooden cabin covered with snow, the kitchen with pans and gadgets and dull knives and a big table in the middle with benches like in a lumber camp that sits eight, it’s history. How did it go, my friends asked
Brianna Weist’s 101 Essays that Will Change the Way You Think will help you re-frame your worldview and your relationships. Changing the way you think is tough. But reading these essays may make it easier. A couple weeks past, this book showed up at my doorstep. No doubt a helpful friend wanted to give me
I just got back from jogging two and a half miles. With the dogs. They are my running companions and without them running might not be possible. Because when there’s no human around to guilt you into running, a dog will do just fine. They jump up and stare at you the second you get
It was the day of the Grandma War. We (me, my daughter, and her three kids) are in Grand Junction, Colorado for a few days and I am living the grandma dream. Well not exactly. Let’s face it, driving along with three small children in the car is not everyone’s idea of fun. My daughter’s
Adjective: Picaresque: 1. relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero. Noun: Picaresque novel: A novel relating the story of such a character. The picaresque is not a new thing. Famous novels in this vein include Tom Jones, Huckleberry Finn, and, the granddaddy of
I’ve got fear of being alone. But it’s not like the fear of being alone I had when I was a young woman, when I worried someone was going to break into the house and kill me. It’s more like a social fear. This is what I mean. I don’t like seeing myself as a
Actually, it’s not necessarily a Chinese proverb about wealth per se. It’s a quote that I found long ago in a poem in the Tao te Ching. This is a book of philosophical poetry, 2000 years old, translated from Chinese. My husband gave this book to me the year we met, along with Candide, by
First of all some brief details on traveling Trail Ridge Road: What: A 48-mile long route along the tops of the Rocky Mountains, crossing the Continental Divide, and allowing serene and amazing views of the tundra ecosystem, the mountain sky, and snowy cirques. (Cirques are those bowls near the mountain peaks that catch snow and
Boxer from White Lines always says yes—until he finally learns to say no. What his bad relationship with Zoe teaches us about knowing when to walk away.
