Monthly Archives: March 2013

Keeping Up With the Jones’ Kids

The other day Gregory and I were having one of our frequent discussions about electronics.  This is probably the most discussed topic in our home.  At one point he mentioned how other kids have MacBook Pros with Retina displays, iPhone … Continue reading

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To Publish or Not To Publish

Good morning! I am thrilled to have put my blog on the web and now be considered published.  Funny word published, because all I did was put it out there so anyone could read it, if they found it.  Still … Continue reading

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Last blast of winter, no more blasting

I can’t believe that another winter storm has come through last night and is hanging on this morning. No school delays as it is more like a slurpie out here than snow. This last blast reminds me that we are … Continue reading

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Take One Action Per Day

If you’ve been reading this column, you have read lots about what I want to do, what I need to do, and my plans for doing those things.  It seems to me that I write about it every day, and … Continue reading

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Looking at the Year Ahead, Yet the Moment of Now is Lost

It seems without much trouble the year could get by us pretty quickly, without much planning or reflection, maybe without much direction as well.  I have been thinking how I want our times to be slower, to be more special, … Continue reading

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Special Afternoon Delight Edition

Today is the first workday of daylight savings, and I am riding home on the train and there is light outside.  Pretty nice. I ran much of the way to the train because I got caught on the phone with … Continue reading

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An Almost Spring Weekend (Snow, Sun, Fun)

It was a great weekend.  So much happened, so much variation, so much of what is good. Friday it snowed 9 or so inches.  I worked from home and the kids had a snow day.  It was a lot of … Continue reading

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Attitude of Gratitude

I have been listening a lot to the homily from Msgr. Torgerson on the Happiness Project.  This has been a real gift for me to think of the lens of how we look through and see the world in either … Continue reading

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