Archive for the ‘Navel Gazing’ Category

Failure. Ugly word, ugly connotations, ugly mental constructs built to avoid it. I was reading an article recently about when to stop doing something, and it kind of tweaked my brain about failure versus changing your mind. From the original article: In the past year it became increasingly clear that the Temple was not doing [...]

*Another Divas crosspost – it’s been pretty crazy around here since last Thursday, and I have houseguests until THIS Thursday, so posting will continue to be a bit scarce!* When did “foodie” become a bad word? Has it always been one? Does it always only mean someone who is too snobbish about their food to [...]

(This is kind of a rant. Apologies. I don’t really offer a lot of solutions here, because I just … well, I don’t have them. But knowing about them is a start, even if the only thing I can do this week is choose to have hummous and tabbouleh for dinner (homemade and, as much [...]

(Another sort of kum-ba-ya post for this week. Apparently I’m in that kind of mood.) Reason #1 (which is actually a few reasons): Because it’s fun. I get to spend time outside in the sun. I get to eat fresh, fully ripened vegetables I know were grown well and healthily. I get to feed garden [...]


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