September — Do You Remember? — 9/11 Reflection, Uplifting Message + Short Story
September — Do You Remember? Excuse me for a moment while I sing a little Earth, Wind & Fire in the background. Oh how I love September — the month, and the song! This reflection is carryover from a post…
Be Strong. With or Without Coffee… or Mascara!
While perusing Instagram one sleepless night, a fun post caught my attention. Wish I could remember the IG account to offer a proper shout out. Too many late night flips-through-pics have since happened. Anyway, the post was of a coffee…
Longing for a Simpler Time — Observational Opinion
Longing for a Simpler Time Ever wake up and think, how can I avoid everything and everyone today, including all possible forms of news? Quite certain I am not alone in longing for a simpler time. Not like “walking four…
What’s in a Name? New— Reflections with Terry
What is in a name? Does it really matter? Several months ago this blog had a little work done: new website + facelift — ColorMeLyme became Blatherings with Terry; changes prompted by desire to broaden my blogging/writing horizons, to move…
Nightfall
daylight to night the sun falls from sight lovely pinks meet with bluedancing with grace in the sky calm and stillness felt in the airsmallest of wildlife seek shelter to rest saguaros, mesquites, silhouettes standing tallkeeping watch in the desert,…
Treatment Conundrum: Finding Balance When Living with Late-Stage Lyme and Chronic Disease
To Treat or Not to Treat? That is the Question. One of Many. If Treatment, What Modality? How Long to Treat? What if You’re Not Getting Better…??? For patients fighting long-term illness, questions and concerns regarding treatment(s) may always be…
Moving Forward in a New World with Coronavirus COVID-19. Are We Ready?
For Infinite Reasons, We— the U.S. and Globally— Need to Move Forward. Can We do so Safely? Our country remains steadfastly focused on the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and ever-evolving changes and uncertainties— rightfully so. Most of society has been hunkered down…
Daybreak
breathing in the calmof this glorious dawn birds begin to singsuns rays will soon beam this moment in timeembraces my soul bearing witness of such gracemother earth, this life,what a magical place —Terry xo #poem #poetry #morningthoughts #daybreak #beauty #magicalmoments
Finding Calm During Times of Uncertainty
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as…
COVID-19: “Just” a Virus?
Full confession friends, early in COVID-19’s infancy, I allowed naysayer thinking over coronavirus hoopla to creep into my brain-space. Totally guilty of expressing my opinion on how people have gone bonkers with all the hoarding. Pretty sure toilet paper isn’t…
