We are hard into the dog days of summer here, which tends to make slowing down easier. After all, we tell ourselves – not without some justification – it’s just too hot (and humid) to weed the garden, stand over Continue reading Slowing down (part two)→

In early July, I wrote about how exhausted I was after 16 months of living and working in a pandemic and admitted to the bad habits I had fallen into: “It has been all too easy to fall into very Continue reading Slowing down→

Over the past few weeks, I have felt not unlike a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, as I have begun to venture into the world in ways not permitted for the past 15 months. I may not have any wings Continue reading Emerging . . .→

In the past two weeks, I have done a couple of things that I have not done in a very long time. First, I took three days in a row off work, which I have not done since the pandemic Continue reading Taking a break→