Our House in the Middle of Our Street

One of my favorite authors, Emily P. Freeman , had a newsletter a few weeks back about answering 3 things during the pandemic-related isolation. I can't link to it because it was in an email. You might enjoy her (very short) weekly podcast about doing the Next Right Thing , and yes, she came up with that before Kristoff sang about it. Here's my rendition:  1. What was the funniest thing that happened in April? I honestly don't remember anything funny happening in April. More than likely, it was something I laughed at very hard on a Marco while communicating with my friends all over. They make me laugh daily and I'm very grateful for that! The most joyful thing that happened to me in April? That was a walk every day with my kids underneath the flowering cherry blossom trees, them smacking the branches so I can have a showering of Spring's snow. 2. What do you miss? The thing I miss the most right now is being able to share a meal with others, an...

Ft. Langley in Spring The pandemic didn't really give me more time to read, like I naively thought it might. I've been too brain-dead to read most evenings, and in the afternoons, when I maybe have 45 minutes to read, I promptly fall asleep. That happening over and over is telling me my brain just needs a break. It didn't help that two of the books I spent the majority read were very heavy, topic-wise (you'll have to wait for May, or maybe even June, to see the other.) Although this list is about as lack-lustre as they come, I am very close to finishing 3 other books, so I'm hoping that within this first week of May two of them will be completed giving me a jump on May. * Confessions of a Sociopath by M. E. Thomas - I'm going to be frank- this was a heavy read and I wouldn't recommend it to most people. I have been fascinated by sociopathy ever since reading Dave Cullen's "Columbine" book years ago and understanding there is a d...