- Warm hoodies
- Cold nights
- Boots
- Bonfires
- Blazing colors
- Sharp air
- Brilliant sunlight
- Skies so blue they wrap you up
- Windy days
- Pumpkins and gourds in front of the grocery stores
- Kids laughing
- Space heaters at night
- Shadows
- Short days
Category Archives: Seasons
Things You Do NOT Need to Feel Guilty About Right Now
- Feeling depressed or anxious
- Being tired
- Missing the people you used to hang out with
- Seeing the people you used to hang out with
- Clinging to your family
- Not being able to spend time with your family
- Sending your kids to school
- Not sending your kids to school
- Having a cheap face mask
- Having the most expensive face mask that exists
- Not having a job
- Wishing you didn’t have a job
- Loving your job
- Hating work-from-home
- Loving remote work
- Fearing the uncertainty of the future
- Being sad about the world around us
- Being angry about the world around us
- Being closed off from the world around us
- Eating at home
- Eating out
- Picking up food to eat somewhere else
- Going for walks/runs/jogs
- Cocooning at home
- Not being able to concentrate on reading
- Reading more books than ever because you have nothing else to do
- Being unproductive
- Being so productive people around you complain
- Sleeping late
- Not sleeping well
- Doing whatever it is that you need to do to survive or even thrive
September Slow Down
- Cooler Nights
- Dappled Sunshine
- Clouds that Glow Silver
- Kids Playing in the Evening
- Favorite Hoodies
- Red Beginning to Blaze in the Trees
- Locusts Buzzing
- Waves of Wheat Fields
- Tassled Corn
- Bonfire Smoke Drifting
- S’mores and Flaming Marshmallows
- Camp Chairs
- Live Music in Outdoor Settings
- Snuggly Blankets
- Dusk Creeping In
- Sunsets on the River
- Crunchy Leaves
- Combines Clipping Along in the Fields
Sssssummmer
- Sizzles
- Sweat
- Splashing in a pool
- Sunshine
- Sunburn
- Sunscreen too late
- Sunsets
- Swing sets
- Short skirts
- Sparklers
- Snakes
- Seasons slipping by
Spring Is Coming
- Sunshine
- Buds on trees
- Green green green!
- Tree lined sidewalks
- Bird song
- Warm afternoons, cool evenings
- Rainy days for snuggling
- Farmers preparing
- Light
- Fresh air
- Damp earth
- Sprouts
- Daffodils
- Easter Sunday
- Sandals
- Light sweaters
- Bright skys
New Year New Words
- New year, new you
- New to this town
- What’s old is new
- New Hope
- New lease on life
- Good as new
- A whole new ball game
- New wine in old skins
- Dawn of a new day
- Feel like a new person
- New kid on the block
- New York, New York
- Brand spanking new
- New to the party
- Brave new world
- Nothing new under the sun
- Newer pastures
- Old dog, new tricks
Things I’d Like to Do in 2020
- Travel somewhere new
- Check at least one more state off my list
- Finish a first draft of my “Cali” novel
- Unpack all boxes from moving
- Finish bathroom remodel (paint, vanity, flooring)
- Learn how to lay tile (so I can fix kitchen floor)
- Take piano lessons
- Start a new hobby — martial arts or community theater
- Declutter my “save this stuff” stuff
- Hit my step goal 6 out of 7 days a week
- Get a hair trim (haven’t done this in a couple years!)
- Get a fancy new Illinois I.D.
Things I Am Thankful For
- My family
- My friends who are like family
- Adorable grandbabies
- My new condo
- Sunsets
- Ocean waves
- Vacations
- Ice cream
- Sparkly swimming pools
- Whitening toothpaste
- Fall colors
- Holidays
- Clean diagnoses
- Safe transportation
- Clean water
- Opportunities
- Mentors
- The smell of new books
- The smell of old books
- Bonfires
- The susurrus of wind through trees
- The Boundary Waters
- Beaches
- Laundry in my home
- YouTube tutorials
Halloween Costumes I Have Worn
- Tube of toothpaste (with a “cap” for a cap!)
- Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Jadzia Dax (my favorite make-up job)
- Hawaiian tourist
- Care Bear
- Abbey from NCIS
- Wednesday Addams
- Zombie Lifeguard
- Butterfly
- Princess Caligo
October
- My dad’s birthday
- Cold nights
- Bon fires
- Brilliant foilage
- Hoodies
- Tall boots
- Crunchy leaves
- Costumes
- Kids laughing
