Backlog
Backlog – a word and practice that I learned two years ago in August when I became a Certified Scrum Master with Agile in Nonprofits. If you don’t know what Scrum is, I recommend checking it out ….. It is …
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Brain-clear
Once upon a time – in June – I felt listless. Emotionally, I was listless. The same could be said for my life. As a lifelong list maker, my compass and anchor were missing. My challenge wasn’t that I didn’t …
List-less
When I returned from Maine, my physical therapist recommended an alternative to my habitual To-Do List Making. My focus, we agreed, was rest and recovery. She saw that her suggestion felt unsettling. “Make a To Done List,” she negotiated. Building …
Hello Friends, and how is it the middle of June?
I’m convinced that Doctor Who was a little more than right: “People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint — it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… …
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Would that Keep You Home?
Would you cancel the trip and pack everything up and just go home? Would you sleep in the car? Or would you just adjust your location on the ground so that you and the root could sleep peacefully near each …
Back to our ‘Regular’ scheduled…
Sprouts Newsletter
Happy June! And welcome (back) to Sprouts. You may be aware that while I was in Maine visiting my family in April, I had a frightening medical experience. A subarachnoid aneurysm burst, I seized, and was rushed to the small …
Emily Tangled
So last week, I wrote about Max being tangled up in the laundry room. This week, you’d find me tangled up. With one, two, three, four wires sticking out of me. I am ok. I’m at Maine Medical Center …
Max Tangled
Last week I stood in our kitchen and heard the washing machine banging. As I sipped my coffee, I observed the responsible thing to do would be to trudge upstairs, interrupt the cycle, and re-balance the clothes. Then I realized …