Desperately seeking quiet
Image by Esi Grünhagen from Pixabay Have you noticed how noisy it is? It’s so noisy everywhere. Even in the rural setting I find myself with the population actually dropping, it’s still so loud. But now and then I find it. Floating in a kayak on the Cheshire Reservoir or sitting in the wee hours before sunrise on our sun porch. But even then I find another obstacle to quiet…the thoughts in my head. My own internal noise pollution. And what remedy do I turn to? More noise. I o
I’m changing my situationship with my phone
Last summer I came across a little paperback titled How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price. Intrigued, I read the first few pages, which are the author’s “Dear John” letter to her phone. I was inspired and thought, “Oh, I should definitely read this book,” and put it on my desk where it sat unopened for two months. Finally, for a number of reasons, I felt compelled to pick it up again. After her break up letter, Price spends the first half of the book sharing all