Uncertainty

It's a rough morning, full of worry, overthinking, moments of panic, moments of calm and hope. I'm trying to break down the possibilities, prepare for the worst, find a way to preserve the best.After spending most of the night trying to decide whether to finish building my shelves or take them back, I've decided to …

A letter from a hostage of the wall.

I got a letter from the Housing Authority today.  Despite being told last month that the voucher program was funded through the end of the fiscal year, we're now told that the government reopening temporarily has only released funding for the program until April 31st, and that reserves were available in our county until May …

a twist on mindfulness

If you've read my last post, you know I'm not big on some of the pop psychology mind numbing exercises that are supposed to keep us Prozac-happy without drugs in the face of the ugliness of the world.There is no way on this green-blue dot that I'll stand in line at the Social Security office …

Abundance?

I'm not a big fan of Abundance.  At least not as the word is being used these days:  a movement, a worldview, where what we need is available to us in abundance, the problem only comes in when we want the wrong things.  I'm pretty sure this has grown out of the Gratitude and Mindefulness movements, …