Last week, Stephen and I completed our first European house sit. It was a lovely family with a well-mannered dalmatian that we took for walks in a beautiful park. We unpacked our bags for the first time in weeks, showered regularly, washed all of our clothes, ate 3 hot meals a day, rested our feet,…
Tag: Health
I Do Not Believe In Passive Living
(Palm trees photographed in Big Bend National Park) I’ll admit that I make strange choices. I dated a guy for 2 years who lived on a different continent, and then married him and moved to his hometown. I quit my job to pursue being a writer. When my friends were all buying houses and new…
Depression
(A stack of books I needed for research for a novel) As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am working on a novel that deals with depression. I’ve spent a lot of time researching the topic, both in books and through interviews with counselors, professors, pastors, and with people who have overcome depression…
Stepping it up
(How many of these vegetables can you name? Here we have: kale, radishes, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and parsley.) (S washing watercress in apple cider vinegar) It is well into February. How are your New Years Resolutions going? Mine are going fairly well, I think. I really wanted to get back into exercising in 2014,…
Take Care Now
(A face mask. Equal parts salt and olive oil. Apply in gentle strokes. Let sit for 5 minutes. Rinse.) What does ‘you time’ look like? We all take time for ourselves, even if it’s not much. For some of us, it’s rushed and filled with thoughts of responsibilities not yet tended to. For others, it’s…
Courtney Cox 