mindfulness – One Minnesota Crone

My Holiday Gift to Myself: Curation

As 2025 draws to a close and we celebrate the holidays that are familiar to us, I’m curating what to include in my life as we move into a new year.

MID-AUGUST, SHIFTING LIGHT

We’ve come to that poignant part of summer once again, the part where our full gardens spill into the driveway and street and sidewalk, back-to-school supplies crowd Target’s aisles, school-age kids think about who will be in their classes in September, and grandparents like me offer childcare for the upcoming school year.

JUNE AFTERNOONS AND SUMMER HIKING TRAILS

Now that warm days are here, what are you doing to slow down and notice all those things that say “summer”?

When Making Lasagna on Sunday Afternoon Feels Miraculous

The never-ending snow floats past the bay window where our houseplants hang out, clean our indoor air, and provide respite from the white landscape of a Minnesota winter. The last time I checked, the snow pile outside the front door formed from our many winter driveway clearings is taller than I am. Some of theContinue reading “When Making Lasagna on Sunday Afternoon Feels Miraculous”

Sitting Still in Minnesota

That COVID finally found us just when we were thinking about what to take on a long-planned trip to Maine was poor timing. It was also a reminder that resilience matters. Plans change all the time. Why shouldn’t ours?