Category: HABITS

• MAKING MY PEACE … with seasonal sadness

  

    Making My Peace … with seasonal sadness   Like the last scene of a riveting adventure movie on a cold night, you know that it will end, that you’ll don your coat over the pretty dress that you really wanted everyone to see, and contemplate the way home. Cheaper by bus, quicker by taxi,…

  MaNi

  September 17, 2023

  HABITS, LOCATIONS

  alone, anxiety, blending in, control, holiday, journal, journaling, laugh, necessity, peace, replicable, routine, spontaneous, standing out, stranger, temporary, transient, vacation

• MAKING MY PEACE … with the end of summer vacation

  

    Making My Peace … with the end of summer vacation   It is September as I write: the long, summer August vacation in France is over. For me, I did not take a month-long vacation as the French do; instead, I took two, short, 4-day trips – remaining in France, no more than two…

  MaNi

  September 9, 2023

  HABITS, LOCATIONS

  alone, anxiety, blending in, control, holiday, journal, journaling, laugh, necessity, peace, replicable, routine, spontaneous, standing out, stranger, temporary, transient, vacation

• MAKING MY PEACE … with being dotty (polka dotty)

  

    Making My Peace … with being dotty (polka dotty)   When I saw the monumental sculpture of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in Paris and her signature iconic polka dots, I knew I was looking at a kindred spirit – we are both dotty – polka dotty. Being ‘dotty’ has all kinds of connotations, such…

  MaNi

  April 4, 2023

  HABITS

  betrayal, calendar, negativity, positivity, seasons