Woman on a Journey

The ups and downs of aging and the changes life brings on.. Topics include divorce, loneliness, loss, spirituality, and more.

Just Chilling (sort of)

Just Chilling (sort of)

A summer off from blogging, most of social media, busyness, and information overload. I’m just chilling…  Do you believe that?  Latte and I arrived at a local park early one morning to go on our usual walk. We stopped back at the van so I could have coffee and read a book, then took another…

The Up and Down of Things

The Up and Down of Things

An Ode to May messily meandering maimed and misunderstood oh you monstrosity of a month Ah, yes, written during the down-of-things. The upside of May is found in Jamaica Kincaid’s book, My Garden (Book):   “The month of May comes on suddenly and moves along swiftly, and each day pleasure after pleasure is flung before…

Cocooning, a much kinder word

Cocooning, a much kinder word

Staring outside at a sky that stares coldly back, wintertime claustrophobia and reclusiveness seep into my bones. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, flipping the switch and renaming this cocooning time, a word with a warmer and friendlier feel. However, neither butterfly nor human wants to remain in a cocoon for too long….