Posts Categorized: self-awareness

Bottom of the List

Thanksgiving Day!   Nothing to do except make hors d’oeuvres and watch the Macy’s parade.  My time to get to all of the things that I have been too busy to attend to.  I was finally going to do laundry, vacuum, clean the kitchen and go over mail from the last two weeks. The parade… Read more »

Being Thankful

This holiday season, rather than being thankful for specific things that are going right for me now (and a lot of things are so right), I think about being in a state of appreciation.  Being thankful for particular things that I have received makes me wonder if I would be able to be thankful if… Read more »

Leaving Wrongs Where They Are

Some of my friends feel pressed to right the wrongs of the world.  They are tormented by people who are disrespectful and bigoted.  They engage in personal battles to change that behavior and demand justice and spend sleepless nights and exhausting days in frustration and a feeling of powerlessness. No conscious person likes that behavior…. Read more »

Offering a Different Way

The day before closing on my house in NY, all kinds of issues came up.  The buyers weren’t sure if the heat turned on fast enough and the creditor thought that there was a neighborhood association that placed restrictions on homeowners.  Both are not true.  My lawyer wasn’t sure if we were going to close… Read more »

Making Friends

Making friends takes some work.  It’s not enough to like someone when you meet.  It is so easy to fall off of their radar screen after the meeting no matter how much you felt a connection.  My daughter reminds me to follow up with an email to open the lines of communication. There are so… Read more »

A Loving Home

I would love to write about something else, but I made a promise to myself to be honest in these blogs even if they expose my vulnerability. I got the papers today to prepare for closing on my house in New York in one week. It was a busy day searching for old documents, getting… Read more »

There’s No Turning Back

Today I started the process of turning in my New York license plates for New Mexico ones. It is one more step in establishing residency here. I can no longer think of myself as a New Yorker who is visiting Santa Fe. I must confess that I’ve really enjoyed being the only New York car… Read more »

Hmmmm……..

As I give this dog thing some more thought, I ask myself what I am looking for.  Besides the satisfaction of giving a dog a warm, loving home, I am drawn to the thought of coming home to a living being who is ecstatically happy to see me, whose needs are simple and clear, who… Read more »