january

thinking-outside-the-box Excuse the disarray, gentle readers.  A new year brings reorganization of the old and cluttered, rededication to particular journeys and diving into new long term projects.  This year, these ideas are very exciting and before I leave my bed on New Year’s Day, I am appreciating the energy that seems to be at my disposal.  I look forward to 2015 with a gentle enthusiasm which is almost a surprised but which has become familiar and comfortable.  When I make my bed in the morning, I remember when all that I wanted was for the day to end and to return to my bed.  I am still close enough to the years of grieving to viscerally remember being without the energy to begin a single idea.  I am no longer there.  Alleluia! Continue reading

ripples

The kindness piece of a few weeks ago is moving around a little bit.  To review and remember, it was first published in our school newsletter.  Then, a friend and Randall parent, Sari Judge, used it in her online newspaper column: http://www.isthmusparents.com/articles/article.php?article=41987.  Last week, Ed Hughes, a school board member in Madison, incorporated it into his latest blog entry: http://edhughesschoolblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/kindness/

I like believing in the ripples.