I recently got a letter in the mail that made me so happy. (Hi, AN, I’m talking about you.) It contained the words, “I wanted to shoot you a quick note (which is probably 15 years overdue) to thank you…” I never expect, require, or time notes of genuine gratitude. There’s no expiration date on…
“Why”…Wednesdays
109. Why Yoga
It’s not easy to see my legs under my dog in the photo above, but trust me when I say that I was in the pose you can see Ross Rayburn and Kristin McGee doing on the screen when Tuukka decided my lap would make a great pillow. Turns out, my lapdog, updog, and downward…
108. Why Make a Ta-Da List
I probably start as many of my posts with thoughts that come from podcasts as I do with ideas sparked by Peloton workouts, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who knows my morning routine: workout with Peloton and walk the dog with podcasts. Add in my morning shower, and you’ve described my idea-generation…
107. Why Enough is Enough
I’m writing this post, as I do all of them, in advance of its publication, just after the attempted overthrow of the government/Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists. The essay will go live on the day that’s supposed to see the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as POTUS and VPOTUS. At this moment, I…
106. Why I Don’t Need to Hear Your Plans
None of my current students read my blog, so I’m going to share a secret here that they’ll never know. I’m horrible at keeping track of late work. I’ve tried the most common policies for how to handle work that doesn’t come in on time (discounting points, not allowing revision), but honestly, I haven’t been…
105. Why GSD
I like being a student, so I’ve spent a lot of time in schools. I’ll let you guess which of the degrees listed above I have or am working on. The list comes from a career profiles website I found that offers an amazingly extensive list of the many degrees people can earn. That said,…
104. Why I’m Done with Guilty Pleasures
When I come up with the topic of a new post, if I don’t have an image in mind, I often do a quick Google image search. When I typed in “guilty pleasures,” the algorithm fed me lots of photos related to music or food, including this one from Nia Shanks’ blog for people who…
103. Why We Were Broke (for 45 minutes)
I took the photo above from an Australia’s Science Channel article about how to know if you’ve been hacked because last week, for around forty-five minutes, I believed our retirement savings were gone. Funny story…now. At 7:10am, I got an email from our brokerage company saying that our account with them had been closed. Since…
102. Why Climb the Mountain
(I took the photo from the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which I’ve linked in case you want to check it out.) I know I’ve droned on about my love of Peloton workouts more than most people want, but since I still know everyone who reads the site, I’m hoping you’ll…
101. Why Have Patience
Anybody else out there feeling ready for 2020 to end? We’re getting close. I’ve tried to stay positive and to focus on what I can control and to practice gratitude for everything that’s going right. Those reminders take me a long way into peace and sanity, but they don’t get me exactly to where I…