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Sometimes (okay, maybe all the time) your harshest critic is yourself. My sister, worn down by negative self-talk, will respond by saying “I’m okay” to herself. Sometimes she’ll [...]

I wish I read more poetry. When I encounter beautiful word art someone has posted, I feel moved by a current to new ways of being. (I’m entertaining suggestions for beginning more poetry in my [...]

If you wake up in mental overload—and it happens to be the same day your sister is leaving after a long visit—the problems in your mind might not be the problem. I know because this happened to [...]

Two friends I haven’t seen since the pandemic biked over to share some tomato starts. It was great to see them… and so frustrating not being able to hug hello. Social distancing is [...]

Hello, friends, Like you (I hope!), I’m managing one day at a time. I’m careful when I check the news, and I pull myself out of fear-potholes before they become spirals to the center [...]

In this under-stimulated and overloaded time, I thought I’d keep it simple. Here’s wise advice from my favorite advice columnist, Carolyn Hax: Take this as permission to treat this [...]

A friend, a recent college graduate in geology, thought I was being ridiculous…. But I don’t like to take things from nature (stones, leaves, seashells) into my house. On the one hand, I love [...]