by SB Rawz | Apr 10, 2023 | The Deep Dive
I recently saw a wasp for the first time this season. It buzzed past us as we ate lunch in the yard and I watched as it flew away, relieved that it didn’t hang out for a sniff or whatever it is they do to process their environment. Though I have long been training... by SB Rawz | Feb 20, 2023 | The Deep Dive
I could tell you – in painstaking detail, I could tell you – about the moment of ignition, the sounds and smells and burst of nothing into dancing flame as the match transformed from potential energy to kinetic. I could explain to you the way the match slid across the... by SB Rawz | Feb 6, 2023 | The Deep Dive
A couple of quick reminders in case you’re among the many of us who could use them:1. Planning does NOT equal CatastrophizingPlanning is a form of thoughtful doing with a focus on what we hope to be our future. I hope to have a long life and so I plan my money... by SB Rawz | Aug 8, 2022 | The Deep Dive
A couple of weeks ago, I did something that felt pretty radical. As a nurse beckoned me from the waiting room to a scale on the way to the exam room in my doctor’s office, I asked, “Why?” Why step on the scale? What info to be had from the fact that my weigh goes up a... by SB Rawz | May 16, 2022 | The Deep Dive
It is the rare occasion, indeed, when I run across an opportunity to listen to Ross Gay that I don’t take it and quickly. So I was finishing up lunch the other day and saw a 15-minute interview with him on NPR in which he describes being moved, as in emotionally. He... by SB Rawz | Apr 24, 2022 | The Deep Dive
Thirty-six hours after I proposed to Theresa in 2019, I noticed my inner critics, my Innerlings, get loud and ornery. They told me things like that I should be embarrassed to announce my engagement given my previous divorce; they asked me how I had the gall to imagine...