Vacation
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A little bout of hubris
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2 min read
Who knew planning for vacation would be this hard? Yes, everyone. Or, at least, everyone besides me. And maybe a few others.
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I wrote a poem in the water
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1 min read
I wrote a poem in the water.Swimming with the familyit flowed and buoyantly carried me,along the beach, drifting likememory or expectations.Inflated like a float,I somehow became free of both.
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We don’t need vacation advice. We need forgiveness for going on vacation. Maybe you’re like me and struggle with going on vacation. It isn’t easy to leave work or home. Packing the car and getting away long enough to forget about the other stuff. So we go looking for vacation advice. Or maybe it’s worse.…
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6 ways to get better at leaving work for vacation
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3 min read
I am really bad at vacation. It isn’t fun for me to take. I have trouble leaving work behind. There are several reasons for this. I enjoy my work. My work is spiritually and intellectually challenging and I get a lot out of it. I also feel that there is always more to do. And…
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Why I’m Lousy at Vacation
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2 min read
This is what I discovered this summer. I really am lousy at vacation. I knew I was bad at it. I just didn’t know I was this bad. I don’t like the time away. I don’t like the extra burden before I go and after I return. I have trouble disconnecting my brain from my…
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Last Day at the Beach
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1 min read
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…