I wrote a post last month about a letter of gratitude I received from a student I taught more than fifteen years ago. He apologized for not sending the note earlier, but I appreciated the delay. The impact of his gratitude accumulated interest over time; the longer removed the note was from when I taught…
“Why”…Wednesdays
115. Why Y?
One of my current students, a fourteen-year-old from NYC, decided to try his hand at podcasting. When he told me the name of his show, I loved that the coincidence that the titles of his show and my blog are homophones. A great participant in class, he eagerly asks “clarifying questions” and never grubs for…
114. Why Keep Thinking
Before you read more of this post, please take your time trying to figure out what’s going on in the photo above. You can probably tell that you’re looking at the top of a dryer. Can you also see a barn door behind it? Notice the cross bar, above the bar on which the barn…
113. Why Selena Montgomery
Now that I’ve come out about my love of romance, made a new year’s resolution to read more romance novels, and written to convince you loyal readers that you might want to join me in reading more romance (Both of those posts are linked here so that you can read the earlier posts, but I…
112. Why Regroup
Sometimes, I look at Tuukka and see a lot of human in him. At the moment I took this photo, I thought about how heavy his head must be, an idea that made me wonder if he’s going through some things. I contemplated what pups do to get over whatever causes one’s head to feel…
111. Why Romance
I’ve pasted the Google image search results for “cheesy romance novel covers” above. Notice the one in the bottom left, where Colonel Sanders stars in Wings of Desire. I wonder, why not go all the way to “hot wings and juicy thighs of desire”? I’d have to read the vegetarian version, but I Want Tofurky You might…
110. Why It’s Never Too Late
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…
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…