by Dawn | Apr 7, 2014 | self-improvement, Zen
I look through pictures as I get ready to write. Coffee. Check. More coffee. Ready. Silence. For the moment. All things are in place. I pause a moment. I savor art running through my feed while my thoughts get ready to wake up. Sarah turns casual happenstance into...
by Dawn | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s true. I’ve been forgetting my bags lately, going to the store, unplanned, without them. I’m guilty. I must improve. The bathroom tub’s been leaking, too, and something’s been wrong with the shower. The toilet must be flushed to earn...
by Dawn | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Things I don’t want to hear in the morning, “Don’t go downstairs, it flooded again,” and “Leave a credit card.” I’m a little gun-shy about floods, having suffered the Great Rhode Island Flood of 2010. “Um, Dad says...
by Dawn | Mar 31, 2014 | business
Nobody ever says “TGIM.” Thank God It’s Monday. I wonder why? Wouldn’t it be great if everyone was excited to wrap up their weekend and go into a job they loved? Perhaps a job they built with a team who complimented them so they looked better...
by Dawn | Mar 29, 2014 | self-improvement, Zen
I look at the pile. Dwindling. I have one more day. I’m obsessing. Must…get…more…wood. My husband said, “Let it burn out. It’s the end of March.” That’s not how I roll. Years in restaurants—I stock and rotate. Years in teaching—I plan weeks ahead. I’ll be out of wood...
by Dawn | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
It happens. Even to me. Before you know it, it’s too late, the deed is done, the event has passed. Best not to be embarrassed about such things, the way I figure it. Still, most people are. And when it happens, when the dreaded event occurs to you…in that...
