Emotional Intelligence (or EQ, emotional quotient) Emotional intelligence is “the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate […]
Sixty
Sixty years oldStill laughing like a little kidYou are never too oldTo make a wishTo celebrate another year I would be so luckyTo age with […]
Windows Open
Spring is the first day I can turn off the HVAC and open the windows and let the the air blow through the house. It’s […]
Friday Night at Donny’s
Dinner at Donny’s Sip my Manhattan in peace Looking at the waves With Love, Natalie
April 21, 2022
Another April 21st. (Prev posts, 2019, 2020, 2021). My day of . . . well I’ve been saying self-care when I explain it to other […]
Wednesday
Ah, WednesdayYou relentless bitchYou balloon the weekWith packed calendarsAnd a crescendo of Problems To Be Solved WednesdayYou tricky bastardYou slip extra crises into the lunch […]
So This Is Ever After
Book recommendation: So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens. This book is what you get if you mix: A Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party […]
Good Monday
Something really magical happened to me today. I had at least four hours of my workday not in meetings. There was a whole block of […]
Making Lists
Some mixture of leisure time, anxiety, nesting, and manifestation has me spending a lot of the day looking up baby items. Making lists. Researching items. […]
Peninsula Park Hike
My mom and I braved the below freezing temperatures to hike this morning. We ended up at Peninsula State Park on a few of the […]