How are you doing with “re-entry?” Are you feeling good, ready to meet the world head on, or are you feeling anxious, over-stimulated and have a need to slow-it-down? Remember the breathless, high blood pressure rat race of our previous prepandemic lives? I too remember the fast-paced, heart palpitating, nose to the grindstone hustle. That was life for years until […]
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Post Pandemic Daydream (II)
Slowly, slowly, I feel myself returning the world. Not physically. Not yet. The post-pandemic world is not yet upon us. But in my mind, and maybe, just maybe, there are tiny green tendrils of hope sprouting underground in my heart. For the first time in years I can listen to and watch the news without tenseness humming through my body. […]
Post Pandemic Daydream
I am hugging a friend. We are standing in the driveway, our arms about each other’s necks, laughing, hugging so tightly, overwhelmed with emotion. This is the first time we have hugged in over a year, and we are filled with love, joy and relief. We are not wearing masks. As I emerged from this daydreamed scene I found wet […]
Covid Winter
Winter is here. Snow is falling; temperatures now dip below freezing, icy winds sweeping down from the Great Lakes region. Our kitty seeks out the toastiest napping locations, laps always preferred. Warm layers for me, the Cuddle Duds are washed and fluffed, ready for cold mornings. A scarf and zip up sweatshirt ive by my writing desk these days so […]
