I have been the recipient of many kindnesses this week, both small and deep. Small because, in one sense, they didn’t require much on the part of the giver, other than their own innate sense of generosity and their immediate consciousness of my need. Deep, because of the effect on me of each kindness, reachingContinue reading “Kindnesses: Small and Deep”
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Self-Centered
It’s been about three years since I started this blog, which has been entirely self-centered. Centered on me, my feelings, my actions, my delights, and my adventures. So be it. Today’s entry is emphatically that, self-centered. My focus is entirely on me today, especially on one particular circumstance. In five weeks, I will no longerContinue reading “Self-Centered”
Summer: Always the Same, Always Changing
I love summer, for so many reasons. Getting dressed in the summer means shorts, a tee shirt, and sandals – so quick, so simple. I love the Farmers’ Markets, with the fresh fruit and vegetables, especially the corn, plus the freshly baked biscuits and scones. Having grown up by the beach, every sunny day wasContinue reading “Summer: Always the Same, Always Changing”
A Picture from the Past
The assignment is based on using a picture from the past and telling its story. Implied was the idea that it was perhaps a picture with someone no longer with us. I began by thinking about my grandmother, who I adored, how my appreciation for her increased after her death. Then, I remembered this picture,Continue reading “A Picture from the Past”
Local Travel — To a Grocery Store
With the right attitude and timing, even a trip to the grocery store can feel like an adventure. The essential ingredients for that adventure came together for me on Monday. The key ingredients were these three: the expectation of a winter storm, which would confine me to home for a couple of days; time enoughContinue reading “Local Travel — To a Grocery Store”
The Other Side
I have been so immersed in the dark side of life, the wars, the killing, the climate, that it feel necessary to attend to the other side. As I write that, I suspect that more of my writing has been positive than what I have actually felt and expressed verbally to friends. So, this mayContinue reading “The Other Side”
Response to Callard
Agnes Collard’s June 24, 2023 article in the New Yorker, The Case Against Travel, ignited a desire for an immediate response from me, even before I read it. Then, after reading it, my passion was tempered. In fact, I believe that Agnes and I are essentially in full agreement. Allow me to elaborate. Her titleContinue reading “Response to Callard”
A Change
I’ve just made a change to this three-year-old blog. It’s now on Jetpack, immigrated from WordPress, though I don’t think you need to do anything different to continue receiving my posts. A significant change is that now, you can search for some keywords when you’re in the site. For example, you can look for ‘travel”Continue reading “A Change”
Five Languages
Many of us are familiar with The Five Love Languages, authored by Gary Chapman, briefly: words, time, touch, service, and gifts. Theoretically, each of us has a primary and a secondary love language, that is, the method through which we demonstrate love and caring for another. A potential problem exists when a person important toContinue reading “Five Languages”
Glimmers and Triggers
This is actually about glimmers, not triggers, other than to begin by differentiating between the two. I suspect that more of my readers are familiar with triggers than glimmers. Triggers are relatively inconsequential actions or objects that remind a particular person of something highly negative from their past, causing or ‘triggering’ a negative and/or withdrawalContinue reading “Glimmers and Triggers”
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