At Home in Calabasas
Settling In It’s been several weeks of ups and downs, but I’m finally settling into a routine. I’m even starting to write again, although that has had to take second place to keeping up with the students in my two online Child Development classes....
Pandemic Gardening – Reframed
Awakening to the Anger Abroad When I awakened on Thursday morning after the attack on our national capitol, I felt as if the world had tipped on its axis. I was disoriented and frightened. So I did what I always do when I’m feeling down. I headed for my garden....
Keeping Depression Away
Doldrums in the Morning I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. That’s unusual for me – I usually bounce up, starving, with the beginnings of a coffee headache, open the blinds and the sliding door beside my bed so Kismet can go out, and head...
Hot Tub Musings
Morning Each morn I soak my bones. Steaming water soothes the pain. Watch the sun break through the clouds. Hear the birds proclaim the dawn. I concentrate on my breath. A tiny cloud Drifts out to sea. I concentrate on my breath and wonder...
Rescuing Bolted Lettuce
Help! My Lettuce is Bolting. The heatwave that hit Santa Cruz recently fried my chard leaves and caused the leaf lettuce to bolt. Looking at the gangly plants, overnight grown to four feet in height, I wondered why we call this sudden growth “bolting.” I...
Take a look at my Grandparenting Matters Facebook Page, where I post current research and commentary about grandparenting.
