The Daily Respite
Good morning! It’s Tuesday. Are you where you want to be, doing what you want to be doing? Not in terms of sunning on a beach in Fiji while someone feeds you grapes, but fundamentally? Every so often I run my life through those two questions. Sometimes the answer is a resounding…
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Good morning! It’s Monday. Just by looking at the wall next to my staircase, I can tell that December is fast approaching. Most of the year, an outside…
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Good morning! It’s Sunday. Come stand by the water with me for a minute, won’t you? We don’t have to talk. Your company is enough. “No need to hurry. N…
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Good morning! ‘Tis Saturday. I think I mentioned all the canning I did this summer? Invincible and thrifty homesteader that I am, I even canned some of…
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November 26 Get-Together: NeedsHello and happy Friday, club Respiteer! Our Thanksgiving company just left and we’re slowly recalibrating. Yesterday was lovely and warm and ful…
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Good morning! I’m skipping the Black Friday stampedes in favor of staying home and being still. Besides, it’s Native American Heritage Day here in the …
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Good morning! It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. Some will gather with family and friends, some will keep it small, some will go to work …
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, and I’m off to get a haircut and bake my nephew a birthday cake. Allegedly he turns 16 today, and while that can’t po…
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