Mystery of the Extra Key
People say you lose your keys when you get old. Last weekend I had an extra set of mystery keys plaguing me. Add to that forgetting where I was going and what time I was supposed to arrive, and tearing off my car bumper with a teeny-tiny overcorrection, and I was very glad to know…
ADHD?
Careless, thoughtless, forgetful, lazy, distracted, messy, impulsive, can’t handle helpful criticism without shutting down. These are words that people have used to describe me for most of my life. Other words sound better, like carefree, free-spirited, busy, interesting, fun…at least that’s the way I usually describe myself. People often tell me to try harder, and…
Pirate Party 2026
If you had come to my pirate party, you would have had so much fun! Most members of the band had come to one of the multiple pirate practice parties and were feeling pretty good about the music. Everyone else came understanding that this was a participation-required party, and people who hadn’t the strongest voices were hoping…
Lonely Spring Break
“The rise and triumph of the internet—the neurological network of the Machine—has meant that there are now few places on Earth to which we can escape from the incessant noise of this state-corporate ‘growth’ and the incessant urge to contribute to it by clicking, scrolling, buying, and competing.” Paul Kingsnorth My spring break this year…
Hospitality as Art
Hospitality as Art As much as I loved my time with Esther, John Ben, Misha, and Vera, I came home starving for art and missing my friends. My hands itched to hold my bow and touch the strings of my cello. I longed to create something. When I played my cello, after recovering from my…
Toddler Circuit Training
A couple of years ago, I gave my fitness app my motivation for being fit. I want to be able to play with my grandchildren. The app told me this week that I’m on track to reach my goals. It turns out that the best training for keeping up with a one-year-old is keeping up…
Welcome Baby Vera
I purchased my airplane tickets back in December to leave on January sixth and stay till the sixteenth. I would leave after teaching my calculus class Friday morning and arrive the day before baby’s due date on the seventh. The following week was a four day week to give the students a four day weekend…
Memory Eternal Ed
Ed promised me a call on my birthday. He remembered that it was coming up a few weeks ago. I thought I’d see him in person during the Thursday liturgy, but my cousin Ari had the opportunity to come to Albuquerque for a healing conference and decided to come a day early to spend my…
Xenia
Xenia had a birthday, and fifteen looks good on her! She stands at five feet three inches and weighs in at one hundred pounds of pure muscle. Xenia is taking driving classes and should have her permit by the end of the month. The same weekend she started traffic safety, she competed in her first…
Influenza-A crushed Christmas
Did Christmas happen this year? I missed it! I remember getting ready. We started our Advent fast forty days before Christmas. I sent out Christmas cards. We put up the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving. The kids weren’t into it, and it took a lot of cajoling and calendar syncing before the young adults could help…
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