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Nirvana
What do you consider as peak achievement, a moment of zen? I’ve had many in my career as an SLP, many in my careers as loving wife, daughter, and friend. You’ve read some of them here. My life as a Miracle.
Now I’ll share a moment of writer zen, my nirvana peak of achievement. It’s all good.
Habits: the final word
While daydreaming is sometimes thought of as a form of procrastination or non-commitment – teachers view it as dilly-dallying from class work, making it a report card citation – the act is the genesis of the phrase ‘thinking outside the box’, with that black box being one’s own head, Bunky.
A Dawning Realisation
Entry for 5015, Gargoyle on the Bookshelf Blog
The Up Side of Bad Habits, cont.
As you know, I’m all about the Up Side of life – there always is one, in any situation, and among my talents is finding it fast. I wrote a book about it, ’twas the text of a talk that wowed women at my church. Look for it on the Books by Me page of this blog-driven Author Site. A few remain to purchase, raising funds for Hope Wellness Center http://hopewellnesscenter.vpweb.com
Last week I began an exploration of bad habits that don’t require resolution for change – the ones that you may have already broken several weeks into 2015 – because they have boons and benefits. Let’s continue the trek –
Habits to kick or not, cont.
Cleanliness is not next to Godliness in all instances. I once destroyed the ‘K’ key on my keyboard when attempting to clean it, so that nothing was ‘OK’.
New Year’s Resolutions: Boon or Bust
All of us have bad habits, some badder than others.
Such as the people who break Commandments,Ten Commandments like ‘Thou shalt not murder… covet… or steal…”
According to a cutely credible pop culture book, ‘Everything Bad is Good for You’ by Steve Johnson, there is good news about some bad habits, though none of the ten. You’re going to hell if you commit one, let alone serialize them. Guaranteed.
Women are from Venus; Men are from Mars
Lights out at 7:35.
No, this is not a description of our Baby Boomer bedtime.
It became an example of Venus and Mars. The book, not the album by Wings.
Look me in the eye
What I said in my outside voice: “Hi, good to see you again.”eyelid
What I said inside my head: “Look me in the eye, not the lids”, as the woman, an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in some time, scrutinized the space between my brows and irises…my eyelids. Sort of like I was draped like a Muslim woman, that was all of my face she would see.
Living Life as a Miracle with Innocent Blush
What would you name your favorite flush? Royal?royal flush
Our household’s new favorite flush is ‘Innocent Blush’, the color of the new toilet in our entry hall powder room.
There are many funny, awkward jokes embedded in that labeling of a discontinued toilet. Did the company decide that innocence was lost in a bathroom or that blushing and flushing didn’t jibe? Or???
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