Life Transitions: My husband is a retired Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal from the Olympia Fire Department, so we have had the privilege of returning to our roots to attend functions at what is now called Fire House Station #5. This station is not the traditional “fighting fire” type of fire station. It Read more…
Life Transition: “To be nobody-but yourself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” ~ e.e. cummings. We have so many messages in our developmental years that inform Read more…
Father’s Day is in June and I have been pondering fatherhood and what has changed in parenting styles over my lifetime. However, I can’t speak of all fathers or the demographic variations of how fathers parent throughout the US. Yet, I know our understanding of child development has evolved since Read more…
Life Transitions: Last month I wrote about the “slow movement” and this month I’m carrying that theme further. While gardening with my head down planting cold weather crops, I heard a bird call out a tribute to spring. I immediately knew it was a Robin and I could see in my Read more…
Life Transitions: My granddaughters are into buying clothes at consignment stores. This is an aspect of “slow fashion”. Slow fashion is an awareness that considers the manufacturing process and resources used to make the clothes. Our local newspaper had an article recently on “slow home furnishing” which called for a Read more…
It’s February, so love is often on everyone’s mind. However, especially on Valentine’s Day, it can be a difficult reminder of a loved one lost, or that a person may currently not have a special someone to celebrate with, or it could even be a reminder that love hasn’t gone Read more…
It’s January so the trees are now bare and with the Christmas decorations put away, the house looks pretty spars as well. 2023 has flown past us, along with the leaves. Now it’s time to consider what we want to put into place for our 2024. With repeated failure, I Read more…
December is a month of challenges, so it is hard to remember to choose joy during those times. I lost my mother a couple of months back and circumstances connected to her passing made my relationship with my siblings even more strained. Then there are the regular stresses in December Read more…
My husband and I always try to take a fall trip and this year we went to Lake Chelan and Leavenworth, Washington. On our drive, the sun highlighted the various shades of golds and red foliage peaking between the tall evergreen trees as we drove along Hwy 14. It’s only Read more…
When October comes around, I think about Halloween. Every year, my husband and I have enjoyed taking our granddaughters to pick out costumes at the Halloween Store. Sometimes it’s only helping them construct the character costume they want to be. From what I hear, costume picking is a big deal Read more…