Tag: contentment
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Grappling for Contentment
When I was younger, I somehow thought that contentment in where I was felt a whole lot more passive. You’re happy, right? That just means you’re drifting in a golden glow through life, going with the flow, having found your sweet spot in the scheme of things. Content. And then I discovered that it’s…
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The Answer
Yesterday I turned the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything! years old. Today, I was in the mood to bake, so I was thinking while I shipped up a couple of pies and some quick bread. I have been craving pumpkin pie – as my readers will recall from my last post – and…
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Contentment
As I was getting ready to write this post, and planning out my day, the thunderstorm that had been predicted moved over our house. I had to take a moment to go out and watch. The pouring rain, the growl of thunder… just as I came in, the lightning and thunder were growing louder and…
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Desire Lines
There’s a concept in design called a desire line. The idea is to figure out where point A is, and Point B being the destination for most people, and then find the easiest way between them. if you’ve ever walked through a park where there were concrete paths at right angles, and then a diagonal…
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The Long, Slow, Treadmill of Time
There was frost on the fields, and my windshield, today. I wasn’t expecting it. I knew it was supposed to get very chilly, and the house was cool (we haven’t yet turned on the furnace), but I didn’t see the frost warning. It doesn’t really matter, other than the extra few minutes clearing the car…
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Rest In Place
I’ve been contemplating being content where we are, today. I’d been scrolling through Instagram admiring my cousin Charles’ wonderful photos of the Pacific Northwest, and missing it badly. It’s so beautiful, and after yesterday’s battle with the sun here in Ohio the idea of living with 300+ days a year cloud cover is actually appealing.…