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Day 149: Zen of Cooking

Day 149: Zen of Cooking

The fact that I just stared at the screen for a full minute, feeling the rusted gears in my mind working pretty hard to recall what day I am about to write about, says a lot about the kind of week it's been.Early in the pandemic, I started referring to every day as...

Day 148: Good To Be Alive

Day 148: Good To Be Alive

I was dragging a little on Tuesday morning, I will not lie. I didn't sleep very well the night before. I had some anxiety dreams and was doing my share of tossing and turning.I don't know if anyone else is having anxiety dreams these days, but I do have them from time...

Day 147: Pie In The Sky

Day 147: Pie In The Sky

Monday morning, I woke up to sunrise in the mountains. The air was crisp and fresh, and the world looked bright and wonderful. All Monday mornings should start that way.Of course, on the flip side, I had slept not all that soundly on a thin air mattress in a sleeping...

Day 146: Camp Amelia

Day 146: Camp Amelia

On Sunday, we had a special day planned with Amelia. With quarantine and all the madness of 2020, the four of us have been together a lot, and we got a little away from something we used to try to make a point to do more often...spending some solo time with each of...

Day 145: Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day

Day 145: Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day

Saturday was, for the most part, highly ordinary. I spent the morning doing my usual errands and grocery run.Erin took the kids over to her parents' house for the afternoon, so I returned to a very quiet house. After I got everything put away, I was able to indulge in...

Day 144: Helloooo Computer

Day 144: Helloooo Computer

Friday was a pretty busy work day for me, but i wasn't the only one staring into the entrancing glow of a computer screen. That's right, we got ourselves a new computer user in the family.Amelia is going to be starting virtual school for a least the first month of the...

Day 143: Membership Has Its Privileges

Day 143: Membership Has Its Privileges

Thursday morning, Henry and I got up and got right to it. He was full of vip and vinegar as he always is, and I was unusually bright, aware and ready to go that morning. So we sat down together, each of us with our tablet devices, and got to it.  I was...

Day 142: Comfort Food

Day 142: Comfort Food

I think wanting to eat not-necessarily-great-for-you food during times of stress and difficulty is very human, and I expect most everyone experiences that on some level. There's a reason why "the quarantine 15" started out a joke and then actually became a thing.But...

Day 141: You Get What You Need

Day 141: You Get What You Need

Life has a funny way of delivering just what you need, when you need it, provided you are keeping an eye out and open to seeing it.Tuesday was one of those days where I was dragging a little. Feeling a little glum and undermotivated, it was admittedly a bit of a...

Day 140: Coworking Space

Day 140: Coworking Space

Monday morning, it was back to it in my spiffed up new office. Even though it was a Monday, with the sluggishness and malaise that the day tends to carry, I will say it was a boost to the productivity element of the "Ps and Q" vibe to have an airy, fresh new space to...

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