Tales

I've begun listening to a Mel Robbins' podcast titled, "Start Here." It's rather like a Cliff Notes presentation of motivational talks. The program covers 13 topics like happiness, friendship, anxiety, family, etc. in short 30 minute or less increments, which is just about the limit of the attention span of this visual learner. As a matter of fact, I've had to restart several sections in the series a couple of times due to inattention and distraction. It's not that the ep

Do you believe everything happens for a reason? I do. Unfortunately, the reason may not be clear until some time has passed. However, sometimes, the reason is immediately clear. This last Sunday, my darling husband and I were curled up on the sofa quietly sipping our coffee and trying to watch CBS Sunday Morning. I say trying because we don't have cable. We watch TV with a digital antenna which means, depending on the weather and how we hold our tongues, the picture may

As always, I had been obsessively checking the weather for weeks. When you ride motorcycles, you check the weather. Your life could depend on it. It doesn't change when you switch to camping. My last scheduled outing with Luna in December was cancelled due to super cold temps. Since we'd not been out together since November, I was getting antsy and struggling to stay in the light. I needed to go and didn't want the weather to intervene in our upcoming week-long outing.