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Cozy Time

December 28, 2019 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

It’s a good time of year to put your feet up and soak in the view… Even if you close your eyes and invent the vista.

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: empty nest, family, holidays, motivation, perspective, relaxation, rest, self-reflection, writing exercise, year end

Little Fish, Big Dreams?

July 14, 2017 by D. A. Wolf 2 Comments

Anyone for a fish story?

Filed Under: Language, Morning Musing Tagged With: Bastille Day, first impressions, fun, Language, persistence, perspective, self-image

Maybe We Have More Choices Than We Think

April 9, 2015 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Too many choices, or too few? You decide.

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: attitude, decision-making, Lifestyle, managing change, personality, perspective, taking risk

Deserving

March 14, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 2 Comments

Turning an overused word inside out.

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: cultural values, French culture, Language, life after divorce, perspective, pop culture, psychology, society, women and self-esteem

Buck Up

March 3, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

My “get up and go” just got up and went.

Filed Under: Health, Morning Musing Tagged With: definitions of success, depression, exercise, fatigue, moods, perspective, reinvention, self-care

How to Look at Things Differently: The Future is on the Periphery

November 13, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Changing our perspective by looking to what is seemingly peripheral.

Filed Under: Culture, Travel Tagged With: awareness, big questions, change, creativity, New York Times, paris, perspective, society, time management, Travel, work life balance

Your Best of Times, Your Worst of Times

May 20, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Facing marital challenges and divorce, not always at our best.

Filed Under: Life After Divorce, Relationships Tagged With: breaking rules, breaking the rules, change, divorce, effects of unemployment, Marriage and Divorce, perspective, post-divorce life, Relationships, Single Parenting, whatever life dishes out

Thanking My Lucky You-Know-Whats

April 5, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

Riding around searching for a connection. Nope. Not of the “let’s hook up” variety, thanks very much. Of the Internet variety. But no. You’ve never done that before, right? Driven or strolled slowly down your street, hoping to hop on someone’s working line – if there is one? Big storms mean big interruptions. And after […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Technology Tagged With: daily plate of crazy, internet community, perspective, post-divorce life, real life, Technology

Flop House

March 18, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

I tripped over shoes in the living room. It was dark, and the shoes didn’t belong to either of my sons. This is not new. The body on the couch was longer and broader than usual, mumbling good morning as I covered him with a fallen comforter and went to my younger son’s room and […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting Tagged With: big little wolf, daily plate of crazy, Parenting, parenting teens, permission to fail, perspective, redefining success, Single Parenting, teaching kids life skills

Stilled By the State of My World

March 16, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 18 Comments

She rarely speaks, usually nodding her head and smiling. This morning she talked to me, loading my weekly groceries into the trunk. Her English is poor, but comprehensible. She looked troubled. My Neighbor, Myself She has been working as a bagger at my local supermarket for 10 years. She is a single mother, mid-thirties. Her […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Politics, Surviving Recession Tagged With: big little wolf, cost of living, daily plate of crazy, debt stress, economy, mountain of debt, news, perspective, Surviving Recession, unsung hero

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