by Ethel Lee-Miller | Aug 3, 2022 | Events, Writing
Great news! I’ve been nominated in the category of Best Blog for the Best of Tucson 2022. There are more than 200 categories (restaurant, park, brewery, comedy, tattoo artist). You name it—there’s a category! Mine is Best Blog. The rules state you must vote for at...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 31, 2022 | Writing
July 25 marked the 11th month out from my stroke. I can’t help but think ahead. I know the one-year marker is on the horizon. What a milestone! One-year celebrations have a special energy. Could be a Yeah!, or At last!, or Yahoo! Or – Is this great or what?!!!!...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 12, 2022 | Writing
I’m a book junkie. I devour books and then want more. Current inspirations: Loving Kindness – Sharon Salzberg; Courageous Conversations About Race – Glenn E. Singleton; The Power of Kindness – Piero Ferrucci; and France is a Feast: The Photographic...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 8, 2022 | Writing
It’s July 7. My husband gives me the daily weather report beginning with the high of the day. This is followed by the current temperature in our area taken from a station down the street. This is not news to me because I have already checked the weather on my phone....
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 8, 2022 | Writing
Wherever you are, summer can be special. In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 8, 2022 | Writing
When Katherine embarked on her I’m-gonna-get-back-in-shape regime she envisioned a smooth return to a gym. There would be daily workouts at the gym-the reassuring clank of weights dropping back into place after each rep. She’d pump iron like she...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 1, 2022 | Writing
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. ~ Maya Angelou This is the 10th month out from my stroke. Each month has opened up new pathways both neurologically and emotionally, and so many replies to my newsletter (that I don’t get to answer but love love love...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jun 28, 2022 | Writing
“The labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool, a walking meditation, a path of prayer. Walking the labyrinth can reduce stress, quiet the mind, open the heart, and bring one closer to God. People come to the labyrinth to heal, to be enriched in the spiritual life,...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jun 21, 2022 | Writing
discovering what I didn’t know that I didn’t know Walking a Labyrinth There’s something relaxing and meditative about walking a labyrinth. I’ve walked the gravel, dirt, brick, cement, and tiled labyrinths in six, maybe seven states here in the US. Most have been...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | May 31, 2022 | Writing
EVERY STROKE IS DIFFERENT Every recovery is different. I’m now 9 months out from my stroke. 9 months is usually associated with birth in humans. This “me after stroke” is kind of like a birth. Each month my brain relearns new ways of doing “old” things. Each month...
