Reflection

photo courtesy of the Rodin Museum Philadelphia

When I started this blog I was looking for something to make my familiar everyday life a little less focused, more spontaneous. Like the theories I learned while reading Synectics by William Gordon during grad school, I thought how to make something familiar seem new and different. The idea then, would be to take things I do everyday and put a different spin on them, like cooking, reading, taking care of my family, and so on. I wanted to make the familiar strange because I have this need to continue to do what I love best but differently than before. I no longer cook for six people everyday, nor do I read children's literature by the cartload as I did just a handful of years ago. More recently I have been reading Trina Kenison's book magical journey and all the while I feel that women around 50 start to wonder...what's next? Although I still have one at home until the end of summer, and one temporarily home, I can't help but think that the next part won't be as easy because there will always be the longing for days gone by and wishing you could have some of those times back. Not going to happen- so I assume the next best thing is to find what will propel me into the next 50 years as a productive and content person making new memories and finding new interest in making what's familiar a little different.