yes to me

“I start at 6:00. Sharp.”  She said., “Life happens, I get it, but if you’re chronically late you have to look at that.” There were ten of us in the room but I was pretty convinced she was talking to me.  It was 6:10 when I squeezed through the  door, Read more

By justk, ago

what the hell did I just put in my mouth?

I’m going through the fridge looking for something to eat for lunch.  Why is there a bag of cranberries in the crisper?  It’s March, have they been there since Christmas?  I’m also eating a handful of Organic Kettle Corn, which is dumb because it will ruin my appetite, but someone left it Read more

By justk, ago

Make the middle count

What procrastination looks like today. today  today  today I walked the dog, because it was a good thing to do.  And a selfless act too because the snowstorm had just started.  Well, mostly selfless since I did have to pick up a book at the library.  But I didn’t have Read more

By justk, ago

Occupy Your Own Damn Life

What if the most revolutionary thing you could do was to commit to living a fully conscious life?  Some argue the Occupy Movement is a threat not because people mobilized, but because people realized they have voices and those voices were being heard.  The somnambulist masses have awoken. (yes that’s Read more

By justk, ago

39.5 an update

I introduced the concept of Lent to my nephews over supper.  I hadn’t signed off on either wheat or meditation although I had abstained from the former and practiced the latter that morning just to cover my bases.  The boys were eagerly engaged in the debate with Number 1 proposing Read more

By justk, ago

forty days

We’re an hour into Lent on the East Coast.  I am not Catholic but for three days I’ve been racking my brains about what to give up for the next forty.  Over the years I’ve given up tangible things like wine, chocolate, and coffee.  I’ve tried intangible concepts like giving up Read more

By justk, ago

lesson from the mat

Humpday.  Once upon a time I hated Wednesdays.  Nothing good ever happened on a Wednesday.  Mondays offered the hope of a clean slate, Fridays brought release and Thursdays were magical.  But on Wednesday I was stranded in the middle waiting to get to the end.  And then things changed, as Read more

By justk, ago