by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 31, 2014 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
It’s been a big year. I turned 50, sent my first kid to college, celebrated 20 years of marriage, drove a 30-foot RV through U.S. national parks, ran my first 10-mile race, and reached my 5-year cancer-free milestone. Even more gratifying than all of that was...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 7, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Photography
Home two and a half days now, and still realigning. The laundry is done. The fridge is restocked. But I’m still getting my head refocused. For two weeks, during an RV trip through several US national parks with my husband and two teenaged sons, I went BIG. Step...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 10, 2014 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Five years ago today, on June 10, 2009, I lay on an operating table with my arms immobilized in Velcro crucifix constraints forming perfect 90 degree angles from my torso. Salty tears slid down my temples into my hair, with no way for me to wipe them away. Realizing...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 9, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Photography
Please excuse my absence. I’ve been trying to channel a chickadee for the past several weeks. Did you know that chickadees have retinas lined with receptors that are twice as dense as those in human retinas? I learned that in David George Haskell’s The...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 5, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Motivation
Are you a joiner type of person? Or do you prefer to work solo? Do you find safety in numbers, or do you feel alone in a crowd? I’ve always tended to be in the latter category. Although I’m considered by others to be “outgoing,” I’m...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 31, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
I hope you’ve enjoyed the holidays as much as I have. This year has been especially rich in family time for us, with my mother’s 80th birthday a few weeks ago bringing loved ones in from seven different states. Shared stories, photographs, and poetry were...
