Lynn Denton
Happiness is....
Did you know there are 23,000 books that have happiness in the title? I’ve been interested in this word, happiness, and this concept for...
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Lynn Denton
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
A Gift from the Heart
Over the past few years, after my parents passed away, many of their possessions made their way to our house. Some furniture, some...
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Lynn Denton
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
Getting Through It
I really enjoy writing for my blog, but had hoped to find inspiration from topics other than Covid and related effects. But here we are...
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Lynn Denton
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
Stuff
This is not going to be a sad story, I promise. But it does start out with the process of going through my parents’ condo, after their...
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Lynn Denton
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
My “Best Of’s”
I love writing my blog. It is a joy for me, and especially because I write when I want to, when the inspiration is there. No...
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Lynn Denton
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Keep it Simple
We are in about our sixth week of sheltering in place. Hopefully this post finds you healthy and safe, and getting more “used to” the...
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Lynn Denton
- Mar 14, 2020
- 3 min
Unusual and Trying Times
Right now, we are in a very unusual time. There is a global pandemic and it is causing problems on many, many levels. First and...
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Lynn Denton
- Aug 12, 2019
- 4 min
Life and Loss
My father recently passed away at the age of 90. He was a gentle soul and a gentleman, a talented baker of bread and cinnamon rolls, a...
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Lynn Denton
- Mar 10, 2019
- 4 min
A Fork in the Road
One of my favorite places in the world is Sedona, Arizona. Recently my husband and I took a trip there to get away from the polar vortex...
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Lynn Denton
- May 12, 2018
- 4 min
Be Kind To Yourself
Many of us spend a fair amount of time doing for others. If we are parents, we are regularly doing for our kids. We do for our spouses...
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Lynn Denton
- Mar 4, 2018
- 4 min
You’ll Thank Me When You’re Thirty
Maybe some of you have seen the movie Lady Bird. It is an intense story of a teenage girl coming of age, doing rebellious teenage things....
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Lynn Denton
- Oct 8, 2017
- 4 min
Slow. It. Down.
The last six weeks for me have been a whirlwind of busy. Mostly good things, some not so good. A wonderful vacation complete with a...
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Lynn Denton
- Jul 30, 2017
- 4 min
Did You Put on Sunscreen?
I was riding my bike along the Lake Michigan path the other day, and I observed a woman shouting to a man who I think was her very adult...
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Lynn Denton
- Jun 17, 2017
- 5 min
Navigating Boundaries
It’s summer and many of us are thinking…..vacation, outdoors, hiking, boating, swimming, blue lakes, tall green trees, warm sand and lots...
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Lynn Denton
- Apr 4, 2017
- 4 min
Thirty Days
I have been hearing about the idea of “30 days to a new habit.” The concept is that it takes 30 days of doing something new, every day,...
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Lynn Denton
- Jan 13, 2017
- 4 min
Look Up
I’m worried. People everywhere are walking with their heads down. They are young, they are quite elderly and they are in-between. ...
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Lynn Denton
- Jul 31, 2016
- 4 min
What is Grit?
Recently I’ve been hearing about “grit.” This term is currently being used in psychology, but let’s talk about it in a more physical...
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Lynn Denton
- Dec 6, 2015
- 3 min
The Year of the Lost Luggage
This is our Year of the Lost Luggage. Our suitcases have been lost twice this year. In the many years that I have been traveling by...
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Lynn Denton
- Jul 15, 2015
- 3 min
Home Movies
My husband recently gave our family an unexpected gift. He had all of our home movies put on to DVD’s. Many of the film clips we had...
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Lynn Denton
- Nov 2, 2014
- 3 min
What Happened to Introspection?
Not everyone is prone to be introspective. Introspection is when we take time to look at ourselves, our actions, our behaviors, our...
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