Drinking coffee and watching morning storms with the family.

Post-storm puddle walks.

Ida and the balloons!

Sorting through 2 more bins of stuff and donating most of it.

Newly organized and cleaned kitchen.

Sarah’s immersion blender!!

Protein smoothies (see above). 😉

Planning fun summer plans.

My Pride Month colored work spreadsheet. Because rainbow.

Good results from 2nd colonoscopy. No cancer, no surgery or new drug treatment imminent!

All the days that don’t involve colonoscopy or prep. Srsly. 😆

Field trip with Sarah to watch and learn about the printing process. SO. COOL! (And so loud!)

Strawberry picking with the family. Perfect weather for picking 30 lbs of strawberries. 😁

Batch cooking weekend with Sarah. So much done!

Fun meals with funny people.

Fresh strawberry pie with coconut whipped cream. O M G.

The successful purchasing, transporting, and installing of our new (to us), $75 stove.
Goodbye 30+ year old monstrosity! Hello new friend!

Progress on Project Chickens!

Sitting on the stoop at 6:30 am with my coffee. Listening to quiet punctuated by kids noisily running for the bus.

Midday walk around the block. Oh hostas, what big leaves you have!

Gorgeous flowers all throughout the hood.

Porch Fest! I only had energy for a short walk during tonight’s Porch Fest, but I managed to see 6 bands during my short little walk.

 

The sound of music wafting all through the streets reminded me a little of my beloved Rocky Mountain Song School, which I’ve missed so much these past few years. There is just something so magical about people making all kinds of music in one place. ✨✨✨

Today I am thinking about the intersection of privilege, resources, community, mental health, and positive psychology.

I am passionate about positive psychology and about helping people find ways to increase their happiness. But I do have questions.

How can I account for and address the fact that I am working from a position of incredible privilege?

How helpful are the tools I use and suggest to people who are marginalized by systemic racism, or who don’t have access to the resources I do for any number of reasons?

Are there ways to make these tools more applicable to a wider audience, or are they only useful given a baseline of ease?

I don’t know. What do you think?

Sarah’s expert and enthusiastic pruning of our weigela, which brought forth a riot of blooms!

Living with truly adorable people.

Our new fancy fenceline with snapdragons, clematis, and sedum, oh my!

Superhero walks.

Tag-team lego building.

My newly-won title as the Pajama Whisperer. Taking my place among the greats!

Delectable meals with my beautiful friends and family. 💙

Divine walks with my beautiful friends and family. 💚

Delightful social time with my beautiful friends and family. 💛

My beautiful friends and family! ❤️💜❤️💜❤️

Fantastic progress on Project Chickens including a stunningly clean and newly spacious attic, discovering the floor of the garage, and a laundry room all prepped to house baby chicks! 🐥🐥🐥

Superbly silly housemates who make everything fun. Even getting home from grocery shopping. I mean hunting and gathering. 😉

The introduction of haikus and iambic pentameter couplets into work emails!!! 🖋️

Seeing Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with the kids! 😄

The regular occurrence of bubbles and/or chalk time around here. ✨✨✨