by Kit | Jan 13, 2024 | Books & Reading, On Living, Think About these Things, Uncategorized
“We don’t turn to story to escape reality. We turn to story to navigate reality.” -Lisa Cron I hear people say, “I’m a mood reader.” I say this myself! I wonder if what we mean is that we gravitate toward books that speak to where we are at in...
by Kit | Nov 25, 2022 | On Living, Parenting, Reasons to Believe, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
Ahh, remember the days when life’s seasons were so predictable, so clearly defined? Growing up on California’s central coast, life had only two seasons—school and summer vacation. Here on Oregon’s high desert, as our sunny October bustled to a close, aspen...
by Kit | Mar 27, 2021 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Mission, On Parenting
With the dreaded medical procedure behind me, I roll back the bedcovers feeling confident. My mind’s still pleasantly misted from the anesthesia and the doc had good news. I should have no trouble sleeping tonight. But nope. Hours later I’m like a flailing fish...
by Kit | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
You’d think after five decades I’d know the signs. Emotional flatness. Lack of motivation. Feeling all peopled-out when I hadn’t been doing any peopling at all. Not to mention, I hadn’t shed a tear since . . . Well, since before coronavirus. BC....
by Kit | Jan 1, 2020 | On Living, On Mission, Uncategorized
Or, How to Write a Letter to Your Future Self As the calendar pages flutter forward under the relentless winds of time, how can I be sure I’m becoming who I’m meant to be? Whenever a freshly minted year is about to start, I feel the need to have some...