My friend is in her 70’s, but her enthusiasm for life is inspiring. She planted 300 tomato plants again this Spring. If the preceding years are any indication, she and her husband will harvest and sell 6,000 pounds of tomatoes from their home on a busy two lane road in rural Oregon. But entrepreneurship isn’t…
Category: Inspiration
Goals, Guilt, Guts
A few days ago I was driving by a barn. Immediately I cringed inside. It isn’t that I don’t like barns. I cringed because the barn reminded me of an undone project. I had promised my teenage granddaughter that we’d photograph old barns together. That familiar, accusing voice hissed- “You haven’t even started your project…
What I learned from (the first) 6 months in an RV
We have hit the six-month mark of living in our RV trailer while my husband builds our little retirement house 3,000 miles from our last house. Another 6 months or more to go. The first four months we were privileged to park our trailer in our daughter’s yard. She spoiled us by sharing one…
Asking for It
If you want it, ask for it. With respect and directness. Depending on your personality, you may, like me, fall into the trap of needing something, but not asking. I’m not honest about my need because I’m unwilling to risk confrontation. I’m a coward. However, stuffing desires can lead to inner resentment and bitterness. Other…
Ugly Angels
Another episode in our home construction saga. The west wall of our house was ready to be stood up, but two men just couldn’t do it. The framing and the sheeting on a 22-foot wall add up to one heavy lift. How about using the little excavator to pull it up? Get the machine…
Last Lap
Almost August. One last lap of Summer. How are you doing? You wanted to do something important this Summer. Have you made progress? You still have a chance to make it happen! Remember June and the ideas you had for what your summer could be? Have you brought some of those ideas to fruition? …