Where Have I Been?

Oh, that’s a good question. I’ve been here. Sort of. I suspect many of you can relate.

Our annual “going to the snow” trip. I’ve heard this is very much a California phrase. The Medium Boy and his Little Bro get pretty excited about their sledding skills.

I’ve gone back and forth several times about how much of my personal life to share on a blog whose focus was to be about living a “Greekish” life in California. Cooking and gardening and other domestic pursuits bring me a lot of comfort, joy, and sense of accomplishment, and I wanted to share that with others. But life has this nasty habit of handing people situations that make it so hard to find joy in anything. If I were to do the Marie Kondo approach to my home and life, there’d be nothing left.

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In the Blink of an Eye…

Okay, a couple of weeks may not qualify as a “blink” to some people, but no matter.  The idea is that things can change so quickly when you aren’t looking, and then when you do look… Hey?!  When did that happen?!

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Moving Generally Sucks

20180225_104530We were helping my sister-in-law move this weekend and it reminded me how much I consider myself fortunate that I didn’t have to do a lot of moving while growing up.  Then I reached my early 20s and made up for all of that lack of packing, and sometimes it feels like I haven’t stopped!

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That Circle of Life Thing

All of nature is centered on the premise of “survival of the fittest”.  As I like to tell my students, the struggle is real.

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These Are a Few of My Favorite… Views?!

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With all the lovely plants I have in my garden (and I really have a lot), there are plenty of pleasant places throughout the year that I can gaze upon.  So it makes perfect sense that the most cluttered and untidy part would be my favorite, right?

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