The Magic Cookie Bars are cooling, the snow is madly falling and Rumi is snoozing at my feet. Two out of three are rarities. It is a good time to send out this update and holiday greeting.
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The Importance of Muddling
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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