Karin’s Kaleidoscope

Participate!

Posted by on October 3, 2011 at 11:23 am

Well, following Marta’s blog, I thought I must need to include a post which I was throwing around in my mind…regarding what?  WINNING.  Now, I’m not talking about these epic wins or epic fails we speak of in colloquialism.  I’m talking about winning.  Like this: Well, maybe not exactly just like that…but the song did [...]

COOK!!!!

Posted by on September 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm

So, I’ve been in a meal slump lately.  I know that my life runs better when I cook, and I know that menu planning and shopping are a big part of making sure that cooking happens for me, yet (sadly) I haven’t been committed to action lately. Well, I got a cookbook from a friend [...]

Run! Karin! Run!

Posted by on September 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm

A few months ago, I was training for a half-marathon.  But, let me back up a little bit.  Back in January, I had a chat with a friend of mine, who was training for a half-marathon (so you may not want to chat with too many runners, because they can be very persuasive…).  In said [...]

What If You Met Your Future?

Posted by on September 12, 2011 at 3:45 pm

I’ve been in a little funk as of late…but today I am feeling a bit more myself…and back to blogging.  (I guess that old saying that you can’t drink from a well that is dry is really true, eh?  Well, my well’s been a little dry lately…!)  So, sending my apologies along with Happy Monday [...]

I’ve Got a Dream

Posted by on August 9, 2011 at 10:25 am

As I was driving to and fro last week, I noticed a girls’ soccer team practicing.  I didn’t think too much about it, just noting their dedication, work, and of course remembering all my friends who have played soccer over the years.  I drove merrily along my way.  Then, I passed the field of young [...]

Guess What?!?!?!

Posted by on July 25, 2011 at 5:12 pm

I have this theory…would you like to hear it?  Here goes: “Everything always works out for the best.” That statement may sound pretty simplistic, but I have come to find that it is really true. I used to spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and even years dwelling on “what if…?” disaster scenarios.  (By the [...]

Are We All Princesses?

Posted by on July 18, 2011 at 3:13 am

As I puzzled between the dichotomy of a real princess coming to grips with her “reality” and grounding our children in the fact that royalty does not equal reality, I had some thoughts….

Tribal Unity

Posted by on June 27, 2011 at 4:17 pm

So–the subject of family (or, for the purpose of this post–the experience of living tribes) has occupied my thoughts lately. Each of us is born into some type of family, though not all will reside with mother and father and siblings through childhood. Then, whatever our home life experience, we have opportunities to build a [...]

Power in Numbers

Posted by on May 23, 2011 at 1:17 pm

This morning, as I was dragging myself out of bed and onto my knees to pray, I was trying to figure out what I could do not to run alone this morning.  I was already too late to head to the track where I often run in inclement weather, and since the latest storm had [...]

I Am an Empowered Woman

Posted by on May 16, 2011 at 6:57 am

I invite you to write your own MPowered Woman declaration. Yours will be different than mine, and I hope you will find it thought-provoking, moving you toward your own self-discovery of your life’s work and mission. I know you are amazing. Do you? Here is the form. It’s really simple: I am __________________. (insert your [...]