The Adventures Of One Woman And Her Two Dogs
*NOTE: I am using this post for my Creativity and Community class project, which will focus on how the coronavirus has impacted my life and the lives of those around me, specifically in regard to our sense of community. This is post 3/4.* This week coronavirus has me especially depressed. For the past few weeks,…
*NOTE: I am using this post for my Creativity and Community class project, which will focus on how the coronavirus has impacted my life and the lives of those around me, specifically in regard to our sense of community. This is post 2/4.* Let’s talk about newspapers. This week the articles I chose when looking…
*NOTE: I am using this post for my Creativity and Community class project, which will focus on how the coronavirus has impacted my life and the lives of those around me, specifically in regard to our sense of community. This is post 1/4.* The two articles I shared in my Creativity & Community class Facebook…
A few weeks ago I was complaining because of how much work I always had to do. I thought I was in the busiest time of my life. Then coronavirus hit, and I found out just how wrong I was. Now, I think, I am in the busiest time of my life. The world has…
Last Friday (March 20), I got the call from the vet telling me that Caesar has Cushing’s Disease. This is something I was preparing myself for. All the things he has been going through, all of the symptoms – they all fit. It’s been about a week now, and due to the coronavirus, I don’t…
March is Women’s History Month, which makes me reflect on the ways in which women have been strong, brave, and powerful in order to elicit change. International Women’s Day took place this past weekend, and I read a lot about how empowered women feel. I love it! It makes me think about how my dogs…
Hello from Cuyahoga Valley National Park! This morning I woke up, loaded up my car and my dog, and fled north to kick of spring break. The first time I ever came to CVNP was November 2018. On that trip, Caesar and I hiked Brandywine Falls Trail, The Stanford House Trail, and Salt Run Trail…
A 2010 Harvard study found that most adults spend about half of their waking hours day-dreaming. We think about the next vacation, our dream life, whatever we’d rather be doing over what we are doing in the moment. We daydream to escape reality. These days, Americans are working harder than ever. In fact, according to…
While it’s been a busy week, I’ve been killing it and kept in a very positive mood. Most of the credit for that goes to my two dogs who make my life easier, better, and worth hustling for. This week I have canvased for Bernie Sanders two mornings where I could have stayed home and…
The following is a bit of story telling, albeit all real. There’s probably no lesson to be learned here; or maybe there is. I’m practicing my writing –– I’m just trying something different. This morning I woke up remembering that I dreamed for the first time in a long time and that I didn’t need…