Today I sat and watched the moon rise.  It was an accident.  I had no business watching the moon; I had THINGS to do.    Important things.  Urgent things.  Things I had very successfully avoided doing so far.   So there I was, cranking through my list.  Maybe you know how this feels.  It does […]

My life has been teaching me some intense lessons this month.  As usual, one of my best teachers is my daughter.  What she taught me this month is that just because I have an idea about timing doesn’t mean that it’s true.   For example!  Just because I have a lot that I want to get […]

I don’t know if it’s the moon, or the time of year, or if there is some great sea change rippling through the ether, but I am dreaming like crazy. Here is what I dreamed the other night: I was at a glamorous resort with some really glitzy, overdone décor, but I learned that I […]

This month I made an error.  An oops, a lapse, a mistake, an accident.  I missed the renewal date on my Japanese driver’s license.  There’s a long story with lots of extenuating circumstances and bad information and whining but it doesn’t really matter.  It was my responsibility, and I screwed it up.  I felt like […]

This month I made an error.  An oops, a lapse, a mistake, an accident.  I missed the renewal date on my… No!  Wait!!  That was LAST month’s essay.  Only guess what?  Here I am in September, facing another paperwork catastrophe.  Since I am a trained life coach, naturally my response was to flail and moan and […]