Serenity isn’t freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.

~Unknown
I'm not making any resolutions this year, only an affirmation to embrace serenity in the face of any and all adversity. You'll want to make sure you remind me of this when I'm freaking out about something trivial around April ( Read more... )

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After a day of snowsqualls, car accidents (not mine), disappointments and achievements, I found myself pulling (well, ramming Pepe over the plow-carved hump of snow at the end of the lane) into my driveway 12 hours after leaving it. Travel today was brutal - I was a total mook when I didn't even take my boss up on it when he suggested I leave early ( Read more... )

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Yesterday's snowstorm definitely materialized for us. I got up at the usual time to zero precipitation and figured it was just another missed call by the fine folks at Environment Canada. An hour later, by the time I was getting around to taking out the trash, I could walk between the snowflakes. Half an hour later, the ground was covered and I ( Read more... )

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My Twitter has been chirping up a storm over the last few days. The tweets have been coming fast and furious, or I’ve just been paying more attention than usual. It seems the more I willfully force myself to pump out the work needing to be done before my holiday break, the more my already-willful mind digs in and refuses to allow me to concentrate ( Read more... )