Redefining Progress

One of my recent posts discussed how the path to self-discovery and healing doesn’t have the traditional timelines, deadlines, to-do lists or goals that the rest of life’s projects do, whether it’s building a new website at work, or cleaning your apartment. With that idea comes the tendency, at least for me, to not recognizeContinue reading “Redefining Progress”

Life’s little reminders

A busy, stressful day at work. Waking up with a headache. The Metro is 100 degrees. An annoying friend/coworker/tourist. These are just a few of the things that can make us go from feeling content, happy, or satisfied to pissed off, irritated, and looking forward to the moment we can collapse into bed and sleepContinue reading “Life’s little reminders”

Waterfalls and footballs

This weekend I headed up to a long-planned and long-awaited long weekend with Dan in New York. After a relaxing day and night in Syracuse of bowling and drinks with his friends, we headed up to Niagara Falls on Saturday. We stopped on the American side first to see the falls from that side (American,Continue reading “Waterfalls and footballs”

Fall is here…sort of.

For the past several weeks in DC, Fall has been teasing us mercilessly with its approach. It started right around Sept. 1, when Starbucks began selling its famous pumpkin-spiced lattes again, to coincide with a slight breeze, cooler temperatures, and the slightest of color changes on the tree leaves. A few days later, summer wasContinue reading “Fall is here…sort of.”