MUSINGS ON LIFE AND WRITING WITH SARAH BUCKLEITNER
Last week, I read an article on hobbies that talked about the fact that most people struggle to pick them up and then keep going. As someone who has both glommed onto my hobbies as a central, shaping force in my life, and abandoned hobbies (like the guitar I tried to pick up in college), … Continue reading On Picking Up Hobbies
(Written April 2021) Life feels very hard right now. Both on the small scale, and on the large scale. We're coming off of three days of little sleep, with a sick kid who has alternated between lethargic, screaming, and hyperactive. Linden had to go to the ER this weekend, and I couldn't come, because of … Continue reading No Particular Wisdom
What does your typical morning look like? If you're anything like me two months ago, it went like this: the alarm goes off. You snooze it. And snooze it again. And again. Finally, the dogs click-clack cheerfully into the room, demanding to be let out. You extract yourself from the sweaty, sweet nest of your … Continue reading On Habits
Here in Mississippi, spring is on its way. The air is balmy and warm, birds flitter around our feeder, and Chara's fur gathers in tumbleweeds in the corners of our home. These changes, along with talk of New Year's resolutions, always turn my thoughts to the future. What's the outcome I see for myself? What … Continue reading On wanting what you have
Last week we watched a friend's dog. And while I've met many dogs over the span of my twenty-four years, this old guy made me think twice about what it means to have a dog, and in return, what it means to be one. See, Sonny is all dog. He woke us up each morning with a thorough … Continue reading On What It Means to Be a Dog
Lately I've been thinking a lot about what it takes to stick with exercising regularly. It isn't an easy thing for everyone to do. I know because I've decided countless times in the past that I'm going to start incorporating some form of daily exercise into my life, and then I usually do it for … Continue reading Some thoughts on exercise, and how to stick with it
With a wedding on the horizon, Jordan and I have spent a lot of time discussing how we go through life together and how we'd like to do it better. One of the main things we talked about was that when we spend too much time together, we start to forget that there are two … Continue reading A Photoessay on Life with Each Other
Jordan and I recently watched the movie Hector and the Search For Happiness. Go watch it if you haven't yet--it's a good one. I won't give away what the message was, but I will say that it got me thinking a lot about happiness, and what it means to be happy in the greater context … Continue reading On Happiness
We are a culture obsessed with romance. And why shouldn't we be? There's something about a grand gesture made in the name of love that makes our souls swoon. Romance is fun. It's intriguing. And this obsession makes its way into our media--shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette are watched by millions (I don't really … Continue reading On Having Unrealistic Romantic Expectations
Disclaimer: I'm no expert on this. I'm just thinking in type, and my thoughts represent the narrow world view of a short, curly haired girl who likes dogs and doesn't like (I can't think of anything I don't like right now) erm, licorice. Relationships are hard. And I don't mean just romantic ones. All relationships are … Continue reading On the difficulties of being alive and knowing people
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