Thoughts on a Work Life
I meant to post this list around Labor Day but that didn’t happen. Some thoughts on a work life:
Twenty for 5784
Yes, yes, I did this less than a year ago for 2023, and haven’t worked through that one (quite). But I needed a boost going into the new year, and I do adore a bucket list. I also noticed upon rereading my list for 2023 that a number of items focused on good habit formation, and though that’s generally a …
What You Can Plan
I read the poem “What to Remember When Waking” by David Whyte in a writing workshop: “What you can plan is too small for you to live.”
Have a Beautiful Shabbos (And, On Anonymity)
This week ran away — I kept meaning to write but it just didn’t happen. I’ve been itching to write in a forum that is not anonymous. So many thoughts on that. My anonymity allows me to write authentically about the many emotions of being single, in a way that’s true and deep and clear. But the anonymity is …
Travels With My Children
It happened in Disney World a couple years ago, in New Orleans, and in Austria: I kept thinking about what my children would enjoy. It was like psychically my mind knows I’m the right age to be traveling with children, so it scanned for kid-friendly activities, made schedule adjustments, etc. I almost always feel that my children are real, in …
A Visit to Vienna and Salzburg, Part II
So, picking up where I left us off (thank you for reading along!) On Sunday, we headed to Hallstatt. This is a small village which our guidebook said was a must-see. It turned out we had to take…four trains and a boat to get there. Part of that was probably due to relying on my phone for directions instead of …
A Visit to Vienna and Salzburg, Part I
Last week I came back from my break and I wanted to share a recap of where we went and what we did. This post ended up growing a lot longer than intended, so you’ve been notified. Austria was on my bucket list for years. My grandfather grew up in Vienna, and I grew up on The Sound of …
A Gentle Elul Realization
I asked an older friend/mentor for ideas about how to approach Elul this year, and she suggested that I learn about the basics of Elul and Rosh Hashanah from a sefer. She pointed out — and I have also seen — that learning about the things we did when we were younger, as adults, gives us an entirely new understanding …
Out of Office
Hello, all. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be away through the end of next week, with iy”H a post on Monday after next. Wishing you a beautiful end of the summer season! I hope you get a chance to wrap up your summer bucket lists (I never did get to the beach, the horror). Can’t wait to share details of …
Looking Back At the Road
I just reread this Elul post about making changes and growing. One of the unintentional benefits of having this blog is getting to track my own thought processes over time. Since I’ve been blogging a lot longer than I ever thought I would (six and a half years!), I also get to see evidence of growth, as what was revelatory …