When Left Alone at Home to Roam…
I’m a definite homebody. I need my space and my time in my home to ground me. If other people are around the house, I’ve got a history of …
Remembering to Stop and Remember Myself
I am so grateful that this past week, I had the opportunity to cook with Chef Larry for a Mexican Lunch at a local community center in Oxford, MD. We met at another cooking class and hit it off. When he asked me if I wanted to Sous chef for him, he said l replied,…
Experiencing Pronoia and Stepping Back into My Own Shoes
I am working my way back into my life after returning from a vacation in Ireland with my son. The last post I wrote here on the blog was right before we left titled My Return to Ireland. We’ve been home for almost three weeks, and I feel differently on my return. At first, I…
A Salve for Discontentment
Do you find it easy to slip into discontentment? To feel ill at ease with the world and be thrown off track? To see everything that’s wrong within your house, room, or life and feel overwhelmed? There’s just one suggestion I’ve got to counteract that feeling. Feel grateful. Get solid and humble with your gratitude….
Friday Picture Show
So many wonderful moments we were able to live and enjoy this month. Our annual visit to a Fifer Farms with a corn maze and slides and bouncy things! Our 20th wedding anniversary party. Other parties, the light, the meals, and the family. I feel contented this month and ready to move forward. Interested in…
A New Shalavee.com is Born
I have spent so many years fretting over this blog makeover and it’s finally happening. The new face of Shalavee.com is here, still under a little construction. I owe a lot to the ones who facilitated the actual change. First to Danielle Darling who envisioned the new site and logo and then to Hayley Geller…
Today I am Grateful For …
Here’s how you prove that your life is pretty good. You get grateful. Instead of choosing to complain, you stop and you find something that you are grateful for. Today I am grateful for… The little one eyed cat who has delighted and comforted us for the past year. Who knew one soul could bring…
Regular Creativity Can Bring You the Joy Akin to Christmas
My daughter Fiona is about to turn 8 years-old. She has already written and posted a birthday wish list on the refrigerator. It includes items like a trampoline, a banana seat and basket for her bicycle, and a goldfish. Her birthday isn’t even 3 moths after Christmas so I’m thinking how do we so easily…
This Joy Today is All I’ve Got
Only gratitude brings true joy. An understanding that I am worth this feeling, entitled by my humanity to feel it. Between joy and happiness, I choose joy. The Psychologies magazine says, “Joy is more consistent and is cultivated internally. It comes when you make peace with who you are, why you are and how you…
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Just Five Things
I have joined a week long exercise in mindfulness and community expansion this week. Created and run by Michelle GD, The Just Five Things Course is asking me to pause three times a day and list five things based on the prompt word of the day. I must admit that “Gratitude” was a hard prompt…
