Sometimes I struggle to fill up my weekends with meaningful activities. The weekdays are allright with violin, literacy center, cooking and reading, but the weekends are so vast. And now there is this extra labor day dangling off. Can someone help me think of an art project? If I choose your idea, I will document it in my journal. I'm leaning ( Read more... )

In my dream life, I am living in Burlington, VT and am in a Boston Marriage, a la Bostonians (or am I in a Burlington Marriage in Boston?). Someone delivers cold soy milk and nectarines to the front door. Out the wide window is a green mountain range and the occasional duckling flying to and fro. I glance up at them from some important project ( Read more... )

Is switching off the brain a good thing? How do I do it? How do I switch off my brain? It keeps me up too early on weekend mornings - a morning insomnia.

I’m speaking with a WWII vet on the phone about his experience with the local VFW hall. The other line is ringing, so it's kind of distracting ( Read more... )