SheilaScribbles
my thoughts on life
I have a lot going on in my life right now. We are in the middle of selling our home of 24 years and buying a new (downsized) home. Realtors, attorneys, inspections, repair negotiations – plus I’ve been furloughed since April 3 until August 1 – with no assurance, as of now, that my position …
A phrase we hear a lot is “dig deep”. We hear it from coaches telling their players to pull out all the stops when they don’t think they have any more to give. We hear it from television detectives asking to investigate into the nooks and crannies of someone’s life in order to solve the …
What’s the difference? We are living in a season unlike anything I’ve ever known. I’ve seen flu epidemics, measles and mumps outbreaks, and terrorist attacks. But never in my lifetime has our country just “stopped”. Even the shock and fear from the 9-11 attacks did not shut down everything like COVID-19 has. Emotions and opinions …
I love to read (I have a reading goal of 75 books this year) and my favorite genres are murder mysteries (specifically Victorian era by Anne Perry) and historical fiction (such as Lisa Wingate) and chick lit (love anything by Kristen Hannah). But I am trying to read more non-fiction too this year in an …