Update: I am back working at our local paper. Last fall the editor quit, and they haven’t found another. I’m there full-time since Jan., and eventually I will become the editor because there isn’t anyone else willing to do it. It’s exciting, but I know I have quite a lot to learn, so it’s scary too. [...]
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Here we go…
Posted in Dealing with Life on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Season Changing
Posted in Dealing with Life, Gardening at my place on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can already feel the beginning of the season shifting here. I’ve been trying to paint the outside of our house, or least get the worst of the painting done this season before winter hits. It’s a lot of painting for one person, let alone a middle aged woman with a compromised shoulder, but I’m [...]
On Depression
Posted in Dealing with Life on August 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I believe depression is one of the greatest challenges of aging. Life is everything – beauty and sadness, unimaginable cruelty and mercy, love and hate – what Joesph Campbell called “The pairs of opposites – and they go on forever. And because we live this life and experience these things as humans, we develop deep [...]