© Jem Sullivan
I found myself ruminating as I walked (more like trudged) the beach this morning. I woke up inexplicably sullen and anxious, and my mind was scrambling around looking for justifications for my dour mood: didn’t sleep well, a family member hurt my feelings, my friend never called me back about dinner, I haven’t written a … Read More
Stop counting your blessings.
Yes, you read that right. Just stop. Stop counting your blessings; I think I’ve got a better idea.
I’m not averse to enumerated lists, mind you. Heaven’s no! I confess that I’m rather compulsively drawn to the lure of the list. I recently ran across a spiral notebook in a box of old diaries from when … Read More
(Here are a couple of stories from my newspaper column in the Island Times.)
Today on my walk, I came upon some itty-bitty footprints, a toddler’s, I assume. They were perfect little “Hang Ten” feet like that ubiquitous logo from the ‘70s I loved so much. The sweet little feet were pointing toward the Gulf, but I followed them for a … Read More
I am sitting at my laptop in a hotel room overlooking the dawn on another coast. The palm trees here are impossibly tall, and the sun is not where it’s supposed to be. Ha! We’ve been visiting family and friends in Southern California for the last week, and I’m overcome with gratitude for these people and this place. (I’m actually a … Read More
You might call it coincidence, intuition, or even wishful—or magical—thinking.
The scientifically inclined among you might attribute it to synchronicity, “The Law of Truly Large Numbers” or (if you wanna get really fancy) the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. The more religiously or mystically attuned might call it a small miracle, a manifestation, or an answer to prayer.
I call it freaky. … Read More
