As I began writing this post on Friday, it rained outside my window and the local jazz station kept me company. I was in a foul mood. The week had been shitty on all fronts – in news of what happened in the world and news of what happened in my family. I got aContinue reading “Raw Emotions, Steely Resolve”
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In Praise of Reading Aloud
Reading aloud is not just for people reading to children. Mick and I have a history of reading books aloud at breakfast. It’s magical.
A Little Book Love
I’ve been taking breaks from daily news between the covers of a good book ever since the New Year. Now, when spring isn’t yet fully awake in Minnesota, being absorbed in a real book, flipping pages with my fingers, is a luxurious escape.
On a Day When I’d Rather Not Talk
Time among animals is sometimes just the thing.
Among Warriors and Birds
written on the day of the JDRF One Walk in Minnesota – May 18, 2024 Five thousand people gather in the Minnesota Vikings football training grounds, upbeat music blaring from speakers on either side of an outdoor stage. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) volunteers offer water, wristbands, assistance to the families who include someone withContinue reading “Among Warriors and Birds”
Introspection on a Stormy Summer Evening
I’m sitting at my dining room table on a Tuesday evening, patio door open to birds twittering their evening songs, air humid, sky rumbling. A big storm is on the way, according to the weather app on my phone.
Adaptation
The day after Mother’s Day, I decide to putz around in the garden. It’s been a long, cold spring; everything is emerging later than usual. My patience has worn thin, but not with the garden. With people.
Radio Mornings
I believe that community connection is what my mom felt every morning when she switched on our radio. There was a sense that whatever we were going through, we had company.
Happy New Year! One Minnesota Crone Begins.
One Minnesota Crone will offer you space to celebrate the creativity that unfolds in so many of us when we are older. Having lived on this earth for a long time allows for perspective. It allows for the understanding that points of view can change, more than one path can be traveled, new trails can be blazed. Identities can shift. We can choose to have fun while still contributing to this world.
One Minnesota Crone Blog Will Begin January 1, 2022
Please stop back in the new year! Thanks!
One Minnesota Crone 