Category: Living

Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.

  • You are not blessed with stress

    Or why I might not remember your name Stress is not a blessing Something we’ve inherited from our Protestant ancestors is an anachronistic attachment to labor, stress, and a propensity to die early. Probably from a heart attack. Last I looked, there are only nine Beatitudes. I wouldn’t be surprised if some used book shoppe…

  • Post #500!

    Four years ago this month, I started this blog and today, I have reached my 500th post. That means I have averaged 125 posts a year, which turns out to be a post every three days. Not bad, I think. I have much planned for the future of this blog, and much more that I…

  • Pursuing Inbox Zero

    Email has changed in the last twenty years. And how we use it has changed completely. It may be time to speak about something new. The email inbox is just a digital version of the mailbox next to the street. You go, check your mail, and come back inside the house. Now our electronic correspondence isn’t…

  • Under Water

      Wordless Wednesday

  • Last Day at the Beach

    We’re heading home tomorrow from Sunset Beach. We have had a great time with family, even if the weather was cold and rainy. We had sun on the first day and it peeked out at the end. We ate really well and the kids spent a lot of time outside, despite the rain. Mostly we…

  • Decisions

      For Wordless Wednesday

  • At the Beach

    At the Beach

    I am currently on vacation with the family in North Carolina. I normally don’t like taking the week of Easter off, but the family planned it. I plan on writing on vacation. Here are some pictures of the first day at the beach.          

  • Holy Saturday

    The Detroit Zoo hosted an Easter festivity today. It wasn’t Easter, of course, but Holy Saturday. I went along anyway. The boy loves birds and wouldn’t stop chasing the peacocks. Then we visited the polar bear exhibit, which was really cool. We went under the water and got a close up of a seal! On…