Category Archives: Simple Blessings/Gratitude

Oh dear. It is 11:41 p.m. and I am just starting to write this evening. I do try on most days to actually post my blog before 10 p.m. and definitely before midnight. This might be a wee challenge tonight, … Continue reading →

You’d think I’d have a special blog prepared for today, given that I’ve reached another century mark: my 600th blog. And yet, it comes with no particular fanfare this evening. Tonight I am simply grateful for another day of life … Continue reading →

I have hit a wall tonight. After a long week, I also spent all day at a conference yesterday, concluding by taking the conference guest speaker out to dinner. I left my house at around 7:20 a.m. and got home … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I wish I could write something like, “Today I am grateful that I won several million dollars in the lottery. I am eliminating my debts, paying off my daughter’s college and graduate school loans, and … Continue reading →

Tonight is a tough writing night. The blinking cursor of death is mocking my attempts to write something coherent. I find myself switching back and forth between tabs in the browser, bouncing from Facebook to solitaire to checking my bank … Continue reading →

I am grateful for getting home in one piece tonight. On very rare occasions in the months since I started commuting back and forth between my job and my home, I’ve driven while drowsy. I’m amazed it hasn’t happened more … Continue reading →

It’s been a long day and my honey nut O’s are awaiting me. I’ve promised myself that I will enjoy a bowl splashed with unsweetened almond milk as a reward once I’ve written this evening’s blog. It has been another … Continue reading →

Uh oh. It’s the blinking cursor on the blank page = blank mind phenomenon. Fingers tapping idly on the keyboard, not pushing hard enough to add letters to the screen, just drumming in thought. Shifting the laptop more securely on … Continue reading →

Today is a good day for simple gratitude. Sometimes I like to focus on the small things that happen over the course of the day that bring simple pleasures. So here are just a few: It snowed yesterday–big, beautiful flakes … Continue reading →