Quick update on myself before I write the actually blog post: Hi, everyone! I’m not dead yet. I’m gearing myself up to resume writing. I am working on a big writing project. I am praying this one continues its current trajectory. I am keeping the podcast on hold for now. I do have some thoughts on it for the future. In the meantime, while I wax and wane on the amount of pushing I do to myself, I want to write up a post about use of the word “no.” Yes, I have already writt

I'm sitting in a comfy chair next to my writing desk writing. Why am I not sitting at my desk? Because normally I keep a table cloth on...

In the new age of AI, Artificial Intelligence, I was reminded that we ourselves are walking, programmable, biological computers. We spend...

(Side note: This is NOT a part of the Searching for Joy Series. This is just having a bit of fun.) Every now and then, I like to take...

When I was at The Getty in Los Angeles recently, I watched one of the gardeners tending to the flowers in the carefully planned flower...

We all do it. We get together with someone because we like them, and then somehow, consciously or unconsciously, we decide to change...

This past Saturday evening at church, I stood in the choir area facing the congregation and looked out at the many beautiful faces in...

That is the question I indirectly ask my clients in my get-to-know-you worksheets for coaching. I asked it of myself directly when I...

Some hangry baby birds woke me up at dawn this morning. I'm not a fan of seeing the dawn. I prefer to face the opposite direction on the...

I have moved many times in my adult life. The last two moves, and a divorce to boot, required massive amounts of downsizing. Every time,...

Me neither. Well, that isn't entirely true, but it feels like it. I'm writing a workbook for my project. I was hoping to have this...

There is a place where rocks and boulders seemingly move in a sychronized pattern for no discernible reason. How can that be? There is a...

Vitriol = (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary) bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism. There is so much vitriol tossed around...

I have a first draft done for my next book! Woo Hoo!!! This is not a novel. This is a book on the reasons for Humor In Chaos. The last...

Heads up: this title is really meaningless for the actual topic of this post. I got it from ChatGPT. I am sitting here with my daughter...

I have a friend from childhood. When it comes to curveballs, she is someone to admire and learn from. I don't mean in baseball or...

Forgiveness is the most under-utilized tool in the human heart. It can come with conditions, it can come with resentment, it can come...

Why in the world would I blog about being a grandma on a blog about my writing? Because writing is about my life, and my grandkids most...

My fingers feel the miniscule titillating sensation of friction as the hard tip of the pen scours the delicate surface of the paper with...