I wrote this post on Friday June 3. I was writing on my phone and on a plane. I intended to post it here, bust somehow managed to post it to Facebook only. The Blogger phone apps are not the greatest. So, many of you may have already read this. Since I first heard about online dating, I was a skeptic. How could you possibly get to know, really know, someone online? How do you know they are who and…
The proverbial “they” say that we take, not make, time for those things that are truly important to us. I am guilty of saying quite often that I don’t have time for this or that when the reality is that I don’t take the time for those things. Consciously or subconsciously what I am saying with my choices is that those things for which “I don’t have time” are not priorities in my life. When I think about those slighted…
Christmas has come and gone. In Texas, at least for us, it was the calm before the storm. The Dallas area had devastating tornadoes last night, one of which contained 200 mph winds, that left eleven people dead and massive property damage that has not yet been fully assessed. Though the tornado sirens sounded for us and we had a plan for taking shelter, we never moved from our positions in front of the TV where we were watching the…
It was Thanksgiving when I last wrote and now we are only seven days away from Christmas. Over these last three weeks there were days that seemed to go on forever – mainly those where I was so tired that all I could think of was a nap; but for the most part, time has whizzed by. Until the last week, I wasn’t sure that I was going to get my act together for Christmas. There were moments over these…
What the saying? “Life is what happens while we are busy making plans.” I made the big pronouncement that my plan was to post here regularly. I guess the truth is that I don’t yet have enough of a trend to define “regularly” but in my head that meant almost every day if not every day. And here it is five days since my last post. So what’s been going on? Lots, actually. The biggest obstacle to posting has been…
My Thursday’s are incredibly long days, beginning with my first class at 7:30 am and ending at 4 pm after a final composition lesson. In between, I teach five different classes and two lessons. The good news? Unlike Wednesday’s, I actually have 30 minutes for lunch! The thing that makes this tiring day tolerable is knowing that it is the end of my work week. And, I have some awesome students. No one really wants to take (or teach) a…
One thing that I have learned, because the lesson has been shown to me time and time again, is that no doors ever really shut in life. Our existence involves continuous movement, an unchoreographed dance, through a constantly revolving door. The variables that impact where that door leads include how quickly the door turns, how we embrace our perspective at the present point of rotation, and who else is making their way through the door with us. Today was bittersweet…
“Cheese” The intended subject for today’s prompt was a landscape. we were to intentional place the horizon. A landscape photo was not happening for me today; I had way too many other things to be doing and did not have time to go out looking. Fortunately, I got a lot of landscape practice last weekend in Delaware. I could have cheated a little and used one of the photos that I took over the weekend. I was torn between following…
‘A Positive Sign” For Christmas Weber bought a box of “Pop Open Cards.” They are much like fortune cookies in that you open them up and each contains a different inspirational message. I consider the one that I opened this morning as a positive sign. A good friend from Capture Your 365 and I have begun writing a blog together. Though we have been working on it for a little while and the first post has be out there for…
“Possibilities” We had a great day with friends today. We went to see Into the Woods. I thought it was well adapted to the big screen. Despite its basis on fairytales, it is not a children’s movie. Oh wait, fairytales were never really intended for children. Someone forgot to tell this to the family in the back row with the screaming baby. They did finally take the unhappy little person out to the lobby. And then there was the pre-schooler…