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  • Friday favorites: I just want to celebrate!

    I received such a warm response to Tuesday’s blog about celebrating what’s right with us that I’ve decided to carry that theme through today’s Friday’s Favorites. I have much to celebrate this week, starting with Mother Nature’s startling display and eyes with which to see it. Of course, I am also grateful to have this…

  • What’s right with you?

    As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how hopeless you may feel.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn I recently came across this quote in a Wilmind blog post, and it really got me thinking. Why do we focus so much on what we…

  • Fall bucket list update

    A month has flown by since I created my Fall Bucket List. I guess that means it’s time to account for my progress. So here goes… Health and fitness 1. Try a new workout. Nothing yet. I hope to check this one off by the time I report again next month. If anything, I’m getting…

  • Friday favorites: Instagram pics that made me smile

    I confess I didn’t take many photos this week. I had an enjoyable week, but for some reason I failed to document much of it. Anyway…for today’s Friday Favorites, I’ve decided to share some of my favorite Instagram photos from the week. These lovely folks consistently post beautiful photographs. You may want to follow them…

  • A guest post on Retirement Reflections

    Well, this week I had another blogging first–my first time being invited to write a guest post for someone else’s blog: Retirement Reflections. Donna’s Retirement Reflections is a well-respected, award-winning blog, so it was quite an honor to be included in her Sunday Guest Guest Post Series. Here’s a little snippet: I’d love it if…

  • Friday favorites: rest and relaxation

    Happy Friday! This week has been one of rest and relaxation for me. I took the week off work, so hubby and I could spend it at Hawkes Landing, enjoying the last of the beautiful fall leaves. So I hope you aren’t tired of fall leaf pictures, because here we go again… (I did include…

  • Book recommendation: Mindset, the psychology of success

    ***I will announce the winner of the Blogiversary drawing later in this post, I promise, but first I want to tell you about an important book I just read.*** Do you believe that a person is born with a certain amount of intelligence, or can one increase his or her intelligence? What about talent? Are…

  • Friday favorites: feelin’ the love

    Happy Friday! This week I’m feelin’ the love. I hope you are too. But first thing’s first–remember to enter my blogiversary drawing! You could win a prize selected especially for you. Now back to Friday Favorites… I love it when my daughter is awed by the beauty of the clouds and wants to make sure…

  • 2nd blogiversary celebration (aka a give-away)! [Contest closed]

    Two years ago today, I released my very first post, and So What? Now What? was born. A lot has happened in the past two years–in this blog, in my life, in the world. In October 2015, Barak Obama was president of the United States; I still clung to an illusion of control; and I pushed…

  • Friday favorites: simple pleasures

    It’s true that our lives are made up, not so much of big, momentous occasions, but more of many small moments strung together. It’s been a week of simple pleasures for me. Starting with this impressive cloud display and the heavy rains that followed. It’s been a while since we’ve had rain like that around here….