Posted in The Art of Happiness on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Someone close to me is going through a very rough time right now, and it reminds me of this poem.
Comes the Dawn
After awhile you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul
And you learn that love doesn’t mean possession and company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness, Domestic Bliss on May 25th, 2008 6 Comments »
It is so hard for me to sit and rest. Not because people aren’t trying to help me, or because the kids want me to get up (although they really do want me to get up and play with them), but because I just hate sitting still this long. My DH has long accused me […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness on May 19th, 2008 6 Comments »
I don’t know if you noticed my absence, but I’m just back home after several days in the hospital. Last week I had a very bad attack of the pain that I thought was from a hiatal hernia. This was my naturopath’s diagnosis, although I had also had MD’s diagnose me with “stress”, and “obesity […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness, Happy and Healthy Childhoods on May 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
Yesterday Carbon and I walked for an event called Crop Walk, which raises money for world hunger causes. It is a 6 mile walk, along a really lovely route, with lots of good people and a real community spirit. And we raised money from our family and friends (Thanks everyone!). But I had some real […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness on May 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
I am having a bad day. It’s Friday, at the end of a week that my DH has been out of town. I am so tired, so very very tired. Normally I have “Movie Day” on Friday, but this time I didn’t get a movie in time (we use Netflix). And it’s raining, so I can’t […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness, Holidays on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
This weekend was packed! Friday night was ArtsWalk in town, which is an annual event where downtown businesses display local artists’ work and there are street performers and folks walk around checking it all out. We went down with the kids (eating dinner down there first) and walked them around in the crowds, watching a […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness, Domestic Bliss on Apr 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
On Wednesday (dusting day around here), I decided to clean my other house.
I spent a happy half hour taking everything out, dusting it, and carefully rearranging it.
Doing this reminded me of the way I used to feel when I cleaned house - calm and like I was establishing a little island of peace in my […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness, Daycare and Preschool on Apr 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
I’ve been in quite the funk for the last month or so. Basically, I applied for this job that I would love to have. The kind of work that I would do even if I didn’t get paid, but I’d get paid to do it. It’s wonderful that this opportunity came up, and I will […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness on Jul 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
There was a time, when I was a teen, that I was very intent on finding just the right label to describe myself. It was important to find that label, because then I would have an identity and I would know who to seek out because they were like me and who was my opposite or even ”enemy”. […]
Posted in The Art of Happiness on May 6th, 2007 3 Comments »
I forgot to take my camera with me, and I’m kicking myself because there would have been some great pictures!
On Saturday we drove out to the Hoh Rainforest for a nature hike. It’s one of very few temperate rainforests in the world - and it’s really really cool. The trees are all covered with heavy, […]
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