Getting ready for the day

Possibly one of the hardest things for me to accept in life is that the timing of things is pretty much out of my control, and often not even something that I can see. If things don't seem to be happening within what I feel is an acceptable timeframe, I've noticed that my faith (that…

Taking my vitamins

There seems to be  a theme this week, in the posts, of helping others. My mother reminded me, at breakfast on Saturday, that even witnessing an act of kindness has a positive impact on our health. When I see a video of someone being helped, it makes me feel better...that is, until the negative part…

A friendly world

Jack and I took a ride yesterday to the area where I grew up.  This part of upstate NY is still very rural, remote and poor. Stony Creek is a little town about 10 miles from my hometown. I used to go there on weekends, to a bar named the Stony Creek Inn. They played…

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This past Sunday afternoon I found myself lying on the couch, not wanting to move.  As I looked around the room, I saw clutter on my computer desk, cat hair on the rug, the coffee table had stacks of books on it that I hadn't put away, under it was a box filled with odds…