An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I love this one. I’m probably like many of you… a people pleaser. And while that can have its own problems, the difficulty I have in saying no has led me on some adventures that brought so much joy. I probably… Continue reading Create Your Own Happiness
Category: Travel
Of Inner Peace… and Joy
Thirty-two years ago today, I stood before a justice of the peace in my hometown with a man I had known for six years, the man I was sure I would love forever. It didn’t work out that way, but it lasted for twenty-two years. Neither of us was a bad person, but when things… Continue reading Of Inner Peace… and Joy
In the Blue Zone
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. The Greek island of Ikaria is one of the world’s “blue zones,” where people live longest. The New York Times a few years ago wrote about this place… Continue reading In the Blue Zone
On the Nightstand: June 2015
I’m headed for central South Dakota later this month–Oacoma, to be exact, a town of about 450 people that’s nineteen miles from where my great-grandparents homesteaded and twenty-five miles from where my father grew up. We’re having a Rigney family reunion, the first I’ve ever attended. And so, it seemed like the perfect time to… Continue reading On the Nightstand: June 2015