A little housekeeping was in order…

I wanted something a bit cleaner, easier to read, and to save readers from endless scrolling 🙂  I know it is a little less homey feeling, but it also gave me the opportunity to showcase my photography, reflect that I’m currently in the city, and provide a little more up-to-date look. I value your feedback,…

Frustrations ‘R Us, Or Healing and Living Single

After fulfilling my ‘waiting’ period of the summer (for nought I might add), I’m just full of frustrations in arenas I didn’t even know that I had. So this will be a bit of an angsty post, and probably not as optimistic as usual, because well, I don’t feel very optimistic at the moment (maybe…

Choice, affluence and rain

I am le drowned. It has rained every day now for over seven days here. My micro-haus has flooded twice. Thankfully the landlord has engaged someone to come by and take a look-see at the place to see what the problem is. But yesterday and today were glorious even though it rained in the evenings.…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs

Signs of Me.

Pure love, grandchildren and cognitive dissonance

Why oh why, can we not love all of our lives like children do, unabashedly, without restraint and open? What causes us as adults to hoard love, to give it so stingily? Is it the memories of love unreturned, cast aside and discarded? Is it embarrassment that maybe it’s not returned in the same measure?…

Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em and other poker related life sayings

I am a gambler, the one who takes risks.  After all, what is life if you don’t reach for what you want? If you cannot deviate from the plan, you may miss the meaning of life entirely. So, I went all in.  I’m actually a fairly decent poker player.  I’m not much into games, never…

Words, labels and ‘fitting in’

Someone inquired of me in the recent past, “Are you anti-social?”  My response, based on my understanding of the word was “No.”  But it’s been niggling away at the back of my brain since then like a piece of popcorn seed shell can worry you in the gums, and I’ve revisited the question many times…

The ‘why me’ pattern

The weather and traffic were great on the first leg of the trip.  Lots of vehicles from other states on the road, and not filled with young spring breakers either.  More massive North to South immigration I suspect, due to most of the tags being from Northern states.   I’ll have some light work for…

Humorous limitations of singlehood

This will be a short and sweet post, keeping my obligation to write daily but not taking away too much from the packing of the car and getting on the road. I have been ‘nesting’ here, for lack of a better word.  Preparing the place for my return, investing in it a little bit.  I…

Basking in the warmth of life, love and self-awareness

What a stunningly beautiful day it is today!  Breezy, warm but not too much so; bright and cheerful with bird sounds, bees buzzing and lizard activity – a wonderful day to be alive.  I love days like this, when everything inside of you feels attuned to goodness and warmth and the sun gilds your skin…

The new year, birthdays and feeling good in one’s own skin

God’s new year arrived in March along with Pesach and Chag Ha Matzot and the weather here has been unseasonably cool, much to my delight.  Soon enough the a/c will have to run to stem the torrent of humidity that douses us daily down here on the peninsula.  For now, cool brisk mornings and sunny…

The complexities of lending, foreclosure and other fun thoughts

Now that I’ve been approved to return to the farm for 30-90 days to take care of things, I’m cramming on foreclosure, deed-in-lieu, short sales and the like.  I’ve researched PMI subrogation as well.  It’s enough to make your head spin actually.  No one likes to be at this point, no matter how blase we…

Spring – Contentment, Happiness, and Other Ethereal Pleasures

Spring is officially just around the corner.  I know this because I was born on the first day of Spring, also known as the Spring Equinox.  It’s the time when day and night are equal length, and this same phenomenon occurs again in the Fall, near the twenty-first of September.  How fitting for my personality…

Bucolic Nirvana

It  has been such a long time since I breathed in and smelled countryside.  But I am experiencing it this weekend.  The last time really was my visit to Sunflower Solace back in May of last year.  That’s a long time to go without being in the country.  A long time without starry nights untainted…

Whole people vs broken people

I fell asleep thinking of  a statement that a friend made to me last night, and when I awoke, it was still there.  So I’m going to pull it out and take it apart. “Your relationships have all been with broken men.” Having friends that speak truth, even if it is painful, really can drive…

Discovering other thinkers

I’ve really had the blessing lately to stumble upon some truly inspiring thinkers, who also happen to blog.  TK Coleman is new to me, but his thinking really resonates with me.  It’s kind of like the time in your life before you know that you need glasses, compared to after your first visit to the…

The Lightness of Unburdening

Whew.  I should have written sooner.  Oh yes, I journal privately, but publicly laying out ones soul somehow makes it really take flight off of you and into thin air.  Written down in the bundled books that litter my shelves (different journals for different perspective recording) the words linger and slither around the room, tumbling under…

The Homestead Seedling of my Mind

This is how I thought that my blog would start many months ago…. “The Homestead Seedling of my Mind The land is quiet, except for wildlife sounds.  The diluted light of morning dances off of the rising mist of the ground as a towhee sounds in the distance.  He’s been up since before dawn, as…