It is easy to persevere when life is full of sunbeams and rainbows. Life is challenging when boots are stuck in the muck of reality accompanied by a mind that is a muddled mess.
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Christmas Wishes ’23 and Opportunities ’24
Forgive the silence from the good karma cabin. Sometimes a long pause is needed to collect one’s thoughts.
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Time for More Tea
It is a second cup of tea kind of day, or coffee, or whatever libation gets you through. Rumi is slumped at the foot of the couch in a blissful, smelly heap that only a dog can pull off with any semblance of cuteness. We are on Day 1 of the forecasted 50 mm of rain over the next week. Gray skies as accompaniment. If Dave quips “April showers bring May flowers” one more time, I will hit him.
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A Christmas Post
Blue skies and snow tipped trees are a welcoming winter sight. If this were habitual, my bah humbug winter grumbles would melt away.
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Lesson #18 A Clean Reckoning
Two years in, the cabin continues to kick the snot out of me. It is time to admit that this project is larger than I initially thought. This comes as no surprise to Dave.
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Unexpected Souvenirs
This spring, I told Dave he needed to go to Costa Rica. He disagreed it was urgent. We argued. I won.
Honestly, who argues with one’s spouse about taking a solo trip to Costa Rica?
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Costa Rican Dreamin’ Part 2
A friend reminded me recently that I have not written in a while. Too little time, too many excuses.
Maria, this one is for you.
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Costa Rica Dreamin’
I am enjoying a quick lunch break in my car. Gray apartment towers surround me and I admire the impressive tag graffiti on the community center where I am parked. I am annoyed having forgotten my phone at work.
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The Art of Cozy…and an Anniversary Giveaway!
A year ago this month, the good karma cabin blog made its debut. In the grand scheme of things, not a big deal. For me, a very big deal. To write for an audience, and not simply shove the journal to the back of the bedside table, was a grand leap of faith.
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A New Year’s Eve Poem
As 2022 draws near, I thought a little poem was in order to ensure a proper welcome, and without the usual hangover. Well, perhaps just a little one. I’m a sucker for those bubbles.
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