Sometimes, Magic Walks Down Your Street

It was about 10:00 AM, and I can attest that truly, sometimes, magic walks down your street. Earlier this week, I was watering the plants. Tim was in the workshop building a new table, and Alex, being the late teen that he is, was still in bed. I looked up from my hibiscus and saw…a […]

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Wednesday Workbench #15: The Good Life

Hi all – happy Wednesday!  I hope you enjoy this weeks’ newsletter, in celebration of stopping, smelling the roses and enjoying life, even if just for a moment.  There’s a mini playlist, a cool idea that has helped expand my own thinking about efficiency and scheduling, and a lovely poem that arrived in my inbox […]

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Some Ideas for Holiday Sanity

Take a breath, grab a refreshment, breathe it in.   It is so easy to get frantic over the holidays and long for inner peace, rejuvenation, time with our people – true joy.  We are all wanting and needing more of this.   Take charge – forget about the “one more thing” on the list.  Your people […]

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There was Evidence of FUN

There Was Evidence of Fun A few years ago, I believed this season of life (mid-career, parent of a teen) mostly held only a boatload of work. Work raising the kids, work dealing with career, work on relationships. Even vacation consisted of a lot of work – preparing both work and home, making travel arrangements, […]

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