When I launched the blog, I posted weekly. It was great fun and I learned so much about myself. (As I often tell others, I don’t know what I’m thinking until I write it down.) It has been several months since I’ve posted, however. For a while, I panicked. Now, I realize I am taking […]
The Buddha once asked a student, “If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?” The student replied, “It is.” The Buddha then asked, “If the person is struck by a second arrow, is that even more painful?” The student replied again, “It is.” The Buddha then explained, “In life, we cannot always […]
Join me! “Tis the Season to be Inspired” — and you will be at my exhibit of original art and writings on Saturday, Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m., in historic Downtown Frederick, MD. The show couples my original art with inspirational quotations. You’ll be able to purchase prints, stationery and magnets for those on your holiday list. So drop […]
After 23 years of wind and ants brazenly entering our home, Joe and I decide to replace the back door. We make the long-awaited decision over breakfast and map out the route we will take around Frederick County to scope out stores. In between, we discuss energy efficiency, which leads to a discussion of […]
They say youth is wasted on the young. How silly. You can’t waste what you don’t know you have: the Present. You merely live it. But we who are older and oh so much wiser, look back — or is it look down? — on the young and tsk, tsk. We see opportunities lost, the seeds […]
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again — and then blame others. What goes up must come down — when you run out of Xanax. Absence makes the heart grow fonder — when that jerk is finally out of your life. Always a bridesmaid, never the bride — which is fine given today’s […]
What other dumb thing have you done? I’ve worn my glasses into the shower. And I’ve also tried to take out my contact lenses even though I wasn’t wearing any. (Did you know the surface of your eyeball stretches?! VERY creepy.)
One day while reading my 2nd grade Weekly Reader, I came across an article about a 6-year-old girl who had published a book of poetry. Because she didn’t know how, literally, to write, she dictated the poems to her mother. (“Yo, mom, take down this sonnet!) Voila! — she became a published author. I don’t remember the […]
Follow your heart the way sailors follow the stars. — Beth Mende Conny