So I’ve written a bit on this blog about my attempts to run. It hasn’t been an easy activity for me to take up for whatever reason. My body is happy to walk really really really fast, but when I kick up the RPMs, my lungs rebel. Anyway, after many […]

I’m crazy, you know. I think you could ask my husband and he’d nod his head rapidly. I’m OK with that. Crazy is good. But I’m aiming toward the schizophrenic type of crazy. A short few months ago I decided to dismantle the previous version of fresh perspective and start […]

This blog is nearly five years old. Wow! I’ve been having so much fun with it, but for a while now I’ve wanted to change things. I always held myself back because I wanted to be able to keep all of these entries going when I moved. That, though, requires […]

The aforementioned storms? They zapped our power. For four days. It wasn’t that tragic for the most part. Annoying that we lost most of the food in our refrigerator and that I couldn’t turn on the ceiling fan last night when it was getting warm in our room. But the […]

I love my blog. I just haven’t had the most organized schedule of late. I even thought about updating yesterday, but three outlandish thunderstorms kind of upended my afternoon plans. It was a very bizarre weather day. Ask anyone in West Michigan. Ask the huge tree limb that’s resting in […]

*Get it? Thyme? I am getting a late start on the gardening this year. Gah! I have only five pots finished and a bunch of plants on the deck that really need to be in the other pots. The raised beds need to be hoed so we can put some […]

Spring. It’s a fickle season. But I lurve it. I’m not very keen on very hot weather or very cold weather, so spring and fall really make me giddy. This spring has been slow to bring the really warm temps, which has resulted in the only drawback of the season […]

I have very little patience. It’s a flaw, yes. Believe me, it’s not something I’m proud of. I’m simply a realist. I believe I’ve gained a little bit since I’ve headed down the path of battling with my anxiety and depression. Being sad and angry probably wouldn’t increase anyone’s level […]

I never recapped our weekend, but it was lovely. It involved lots of bubbles. It also involved bus rides, bookstore visits, coffee and lemonade, Andy Warhol, lawn-mowing, treks to the dog park where the canine stalked squirrels and ran free while the kid rode his bike in circles on the […]

I couldn’t resist stopping by one of my favorite little garden shops today on the way to pick up Devin. I meant to just look around, but, um…yeah. These penstemons caught my eye. How could I not get them? Devin’s eager to help me in the garden, which makes me […]

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, but today really felt like it to me. Something about the last several hours seemed almost perfect. (Well, until bedtime when Devin refused, as usual, to go to bed and my mood soured simply because I can’t seem to solve this problem of my kid staying […]