2020 Gratitudes
This year saw so many changes for me, from going back to work to the last of my old dogs dying to moving three states away to live down the street from my (our) daughter and her family. There was still much to be grateful for.
2016 Word – Hustle
In the early part of 2016, I used One Word to frame the year and my intentions. The word that chose me was “hustle” after I’d done Jon Acuff’s “30 Days of Hustle” in January. Although I’d initially picked something else as my word, it became apparent that was to be my word this year. I…
Finding New Hobbies
As this year has gone on, I found myself needing some new interests. Unfortunately, very little appealed to me. I finally set the following criteria: It could not require hours behind a computer. I spend all day in front of a screen for my job and I can’t do it at home all night and…
Missing: A Personality
I seem to have lost my personality recently. My “part-time” job has been fairly high stress due to some turnover and I’ve been working a lot of hours to transition, streamline, and meet tax due dates. I’ll get those hours back, but not for a while. If you want to discuss Excel functions and formulas,…
Battle of the Turkeys
One of the newest traditions for Thanksgiving is the battle of the turkeys, done for the second time this year. My daughter roasts a turkey in the oven; my son-in-law smokes it in the Big Green Egg. There’s a fair amount of taunting teasing as to who will have the superior turkey, along with the…
Pears With Textures
For the final assignment in my close-up photography class, we were to take a photograph of something with four different textures. After a great deal of experimentation, I ended up four fairly boring pictures of a pear that we had. So, to make it more appealing to me, I ran it through Topaz Effects…
Living The Seasons 