Do this before you judge

I could see the horror in his eyes as I sped on the freeway. He was clutching tightly to his seat and his knuckles were white. He was swallowing fiercely and alternately looking at his watch and at the freeway. He seemed to get his composure only after his drop off at the tutoring center. …

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Mountaineering

Howdy my dear readers, Have you ever trekked up a mountain? I have ! - I once trekked up to a base camp in the Himalayas (seriously, I am not spinning yarn here). One of the main things we got coached on was to carry the right amount of luggage on our backs and nothing …

A day at the beach

I am sure everyone has played with sand at a beach at some point in their life. My favorite activity as a child was to take a shovel and dig away until the spot became a deep pit. Our mind/brain works the same way. If we take a thought (shovel) and keep replaying it over …

My blooming cactus

Now I can say that I have seen it all. I have never ever seen a flower on a cactus. Got this plant on a whim and watered it every day and protected it from those $%^& ground squirrels. Today, I went to water it again, and saw these gorgeous beauties!! I was left speechless. …

Afternoon snack

A lotus grows out of mud Wisdom grows out of grief Knowledge grows out of ignorance Abundance grows out of lack

Do what works for you

My Cherry is not a walker. She is a sniffer, a roller, a charmer but no sir, no madam - she is not a walker. I have been wanting to taker her everywhere I go, but she will not walk, and so I decided to look into a bike basket first. Well, I do not …

I am an alchemist

Aloha, Namaste, How are ya'll today? I had a very interesting afternoon today and wanted to share my process of coping. So here goes. I am a person who likes to keep everything prim and proper and in its place. Kiddo is the exact opposite. She leaves things around even after repeated reminders. She washed …

This is me, who are you?

A primer on making photocopies

When kiddo was little, very little, I used to do something that I am not proud of. I used to squeeze her hand to let her know that what she was doing or saying was not right. Example - if we were at a party and I was chatting with someone (a grown up) and …

My neighbors gave me lemons, I made lemonade

How about some Monday fun with the title - got your attention, yes? Seriously though, my neighbors love me so much that whenever they have excess lemons, they just leave a sack at my doorstep. I have to look at the bag to know who might have left it. Back to my story , so …