We're settling in around here, waiting for Round 2 of wild weather.  Round 1 hit some places hard, but my neighborhood was lucky.  So many pictures online of houses hiding under downed trees, smashed cars, power lines dangling.  So what do you do when you're waiting for the rain and wind and maybe hail and … Continue reading Wild Weather

I find freon to be a miracle substance.  I mean after all it allows gigantic buildings like the Empire State Building and the Superdome to be pleasant year round.  The Sun Belt would not have have boomed without it.  And I sure miss it when it's out.  Even April here in the South can be … Continue reading The Importance of Air Conditioning

Too many people us religion as a club.  Yes, there's double meaning there - as a selective group you must join or as a weapon.  My first thought in writing this was of religion as a weapon or a defense.  Too many don't take religion as a call to transformation but as a way to … Continue reading Religion as a club

I don't like the mall or the mall area.  I know that lots of people enjoy going to the mall and the mall area to shop and love going to the restaurants that ring (literally) the mall, but I don't.  For me, it all lacks individuality.  I could be anywhere in America.  I think that's … Continue reading Malls

This blog is kind of like keeping a less-personal journal entry.  I first thought there might be a few people who are interested in reading what I have to say, but in reality, there aren't.  So why keep writing?  Because I like typing what I think into a space and using that space to ponder … Continue reading Writing for myself

So I'm making an attempt at keeping Quickbooks for Chattanooga Sidewalk Tours.  Why is it that when I read accounting instructions, my brain turns off?  It's like that with numbers.  Words I like, numbers not so much.  Or they don't make as much sense to me, even though they're much more precise than words.  Or … Continue reading Accounting

I'm once again choosing to trust the flow instead of pushing the river (as I noted yesterday).  And guess what?  The magic did indeed begin.  Yesterday afternoon actually.  I followed a nudge from the Universe a few weeks ago and invited friends to a talk hosted by a wonderful couple who live on a beautiful … Continue reading And the magic does begin . . .

Sometimes I get so caught up in trying to make something happen that it's the equivalent of trying to push the river.  Not possible.  I'm trying to break my addiction to control and expectations and instead to trust my intuition.  If I can clear my head and feel what's in my body, I get good … Continue reading Pushing the River

So when I'm too busy to write in my journal or on my blog, I'm too busy.  And I'm not as busy as most people in our society.  Why are we so busy nowadays?  I don't think it's healthy for us, and busyness surely doesn't make us happy.  Or if it does, it's probably a … Continue reading Busyness

Why, you might ask, are you blogging when you could be walking around one of the Smithsonians (if the government didn't shut down last night)? It's because yesterday I rushed around trying to see too much and got too tired. I'm officiating (yes and that's another topic) at a wedding this evening and want to … Continue reading In DC