Have you ever thought about someone you haven’t seen in ages, and then a few days later you see them somewhere, like the grocery store? This morning I listened to (checked Twitter) a dharma talk that I didn’t realize would address an issue I’ve been dealing with the last several days. (Checked email. Googled “dharma … Continue reading Clinging and Distraction
“I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want…”
Forgive me if that obnoxiously grating song becomes your earwig today. It has been going through my head all day as I work on this new year blog. What do I want? What do I really, really want in 2019? Every year, I want the lofty and obvious: I want world peace; I want an … Continue reading “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want…”
Don’t Let the Anger Eat You. Please.
Around 2 a.m. this morning, Zuzu the Wonder Dog needed to go outside. Most nights, in a sleepy stupor, I open the door, she does her thing, and she trots back in. This morning, though, before I opened the door, I saw standing under the neighbor’s yard light the silhouette of a large buck. He … Continue reading Don’t Let the Anger Eat You. Please.
Grief Really Shouldn’t End. Here’s Why.
Recently, the husband of a dear friend was killed when a tree limb fell on him while he was working in his yard. A freak and random accident, it has left my friend stunned and so very, very sad. I’ve written many times in this blog about grief, and how it bounces in and out … Continue reading Grief Really Shouldn’t End. Here’s Why.
Love is Patient. Love is Kind. (Dammit, I keep forgetting.)
In the Bible, specifically Corinthians I:13 (v. 4), the apostle Paul wrote that love is patient and love is kind. He said that if we give to the poor without love as our inspiration, or if we work hard only to brag about it, that we’re nothing more than a bunch of clanging gongs and … Continue reading Love is Patient. Love is Kind. (Dammit, I keep forgetting.)
Things
I listened to a heartbreaking interview on WBUR's Here & Now on Wednesday with a woman named Katy Brogan, who last week lost her home in the Pawnee wild fire in Northern California. She offered a raw and honest account of her experience, including her bewildering feelings about the things she and her family lost, … Continue reading Things
Books and Boycotts
There’s little else I want to do during cold weather than make soup, and curl up in my heated throw and read. I recently finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (loved it!), and just downloaded another Catherine Ryan Hyde book, When You Were Older that I hope to start today. I know … Continue reading Books and Boycotts
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and Face…What’s Changed. It’s OK.
Many of you “met” me years ago through my Lynn’s Weigh blog, the space where I wrote about (mostly) weight and all the issues surrounding it (the good, the bad, the recipes, the exercise). I believed then, as I do now, that there is no easy fix for the physical and emotional complexities of weight, … Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and Face…What’s Changed. It’s OK.
In 2018, Maybe Poetry Can Help
The Internet can be a brain suck, for sure. Then there are sites like Dictionary.com that can inflate the brain, sort of. For instance, the word “pajamas” comes from the Persian words pah, meaning “leg,” and jammas, meaning “clothing”. The British spell it as “pyjamas.” If I were in London, I’d still be in my … Continue reading In 2018, Maybe Poetry Can Help
Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor 