Oh, Holy Max
I know — Christmas is still 64 days away, with two holidays clamoring for attention between now and then. But this morning, for no apparent reason, it became imperative to figure out what we’ll do for a Christmas tree stand. Last year, when the decorations came down, the Christmas tree we’d taken out and fluffed…
Taking Space
For about four years, I have shared my office space with a bed. It was a dual purpose room – guest room (less than eleven days a year) and an office (all the time). This month, I am shifting things around. The trundle day bed that lived in here with me has made a 9yo…
Remember, Re-Meet
As we got ready for the Celebration of my Father-in-Laws life in Maine last weekend, I spent hours and hours wading through photos. I’d volunteered to create the ‘slideshow’ for the service. I gathered and curated photos from every decade of his life. And in the process ended up going through decades of photos from…
What is Coaching?
One of the first “recipes” I ever learned was chocolate brownies. Preheat Oven. Open the box, add eggs, water, and oil. Stir. Prepare pan. Pour batter into pan. (Lick the spatula.) Bake at xyz degrees for abc minutes. Cool on a rack (don’t burn your tongue). When I learned that you could add something to…
Being Home
I keep thinking about Home. As I drove to the grocery store today, I witnessed the tangled mess of trees and branches waiting for cleanup. Blue tarps draped over roofs signaling destruction had touched down a couple weeks ago. It is all so random. In one tenth of a mile, it looks ‘normal’ and then…
What am I doing here?
I love following directions. I love step by step processes. I love the story of the teacher who says “make sure your read all the way through before you begin” who ends that assignment with cancelling the assignment. I read all the way through. Recipes. Lego sets. Puzzles. Sudoku. Quilting. I love being told what…
