robin ellen lucas 5/31/15 robin ellen lucas 5/31/15

A sculpture of dishes - Day 12 of 30 day writing challenge

When dishes become psychology

‍I find joy in defying order. I like to be a rebel against someone who once tried to control me (and no longer can because that scenario never lasts). For instance, right now I am smiling at the sink full of dishes in the kitchen.

robin ellen lucas 5/30/15 robin ellen lucas 5/30/15

New tricks? - Day 11 of 30 day writing challenge

You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Cliché I know. Or can you? When I met my parents for dinner last night, a conversation came up around the food choices we make when we're older. [I think that in the back of my mind each day I am preparing for my next day's theme]. I immediately knew that I need to write about the old dogs, me being one of them, but my predecessor started this and my kids will follow.

robin ellen lucas 5/29/15 robin ellen lucas 5/29/15

Planning an escape - Day 10 of 30 day writing challenge

I just want to escape. It's what I think about most lately. It's not that my current life is mundane, but I desperately crave some alone time where it's ok to space out and do whatever I want. What a dream to have very little responsibility except to myself and my own health.

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First, I will find the authorized Mysore Ashtanga teacher and the yoga studio to do my Mysore six mornings per week.

robin ellen lucas 5/28/15 robin ellen lucas 5/28/15

Lines that built a story on iTunes set to Shuffle - Day 9 of 30 day writing challenge

I'm trying an experiment today to get inspired to write. I also have a task to do and don't mind you watching me do it. I'm playing my entire iTunes library on Shuffle, and part of the job is to discard songs which really do not need to be with me any longer.

robin ellen lucas 5/27/15 robin ellen lucas 5/27/15

Time and the Seven Deadly Sins - Day 8 of 30 day writing challenge

Today's first theme is time and second is Seven

‍"Oh yea, you're the one who skipped First Grade and missed the how-to-tell-time lesson," eloquently put by someone who depends on me. Yes, I'm the one.

robin ellen lucas 5/26/15 robin ellen lucas 5/26/15

They just don't care - Day 7 of 30 day writing challenge

You gotta love the days when you wake to a low battery high-pitched beep on a smoke detector in the house, especially during those "snooze" 9-minute sections where you love sleep the most.

robin ellen lucas 5/25/15 robin ellen lucas 5/25/15

Not doing anything but hearing blood flow - Day 6 of 30 day writing challenge

My theme continues... the one where I'm not supposed to do anything. Not doing a thing except holding the universe together sounds good.

robin ellen lucas 5/24/15 robin ellen lucas 5/24/15

Cherry blossoms and bravery - Day 5 of 30 day writing challenge

I want a tattoo with cherry blossoms. Symbolizing bravery, love, wisdom and spiritual awareness, I need them most on my left side of my body. This is the side of receiving, yin and not doing. I need to celebrate all of who I am and never allow myself to forget how to receive all that I deserve.

robin ellen lucas 5/23/15 robin ellen lucas 5/23/15

To wander without being lost - Day 4 of 30 day writing challenge

Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R.R. Tolkien

I'm wandering... and wondering why it is that some days I prefer to let all the chaos build up inside me before I can make a clear thought. Today, I'm feeling it energetically so words are not coming easily—only gibberish.

robin ellen lucas 5/22/15 robin ellen lucas 5/22/15

Coffee now - Day 3 of 30 day writing challenge

I'm up early waiting for my coffee to brew. I usually am at early morning Mysore-style yoga by now. Today I am trying something new. I will attempt to take my daughter to breakfast before school and then go to yoga. And it's ok that I'm late on Fridays

robin ellen lucas 5/21/15 robin ellen lucas 5/21/15

How to make up with a teenager - Day 2 of 30 day writing challenge

The best way to make up with a teenage girl is to just give her back her electronics and not care if she is watching the Vampire Diaries instead of doing homework. At least she ripped pages out of the Twilight book earlier today in her boredom, so we have a clue. ‍

robin ellen lucas 5/20/15 robin ellen lucas 5/20/15

Living vicariously - Day 1 of 30 day writing challenge

Joslyn made me do this. Or her babies did—the two cute new twins whom I have yet to meet but feel like I have. I am living vicariously through her Instagram photos and Facebook videos. Actually I’m reliving my own 3-babies-in-a-row life before I was on social media.

robin ellen lucas 9/2/14 robin ellen lucas 9/2/14

Behind the eyes of a writer™: A series, part nineteen

Here, as I type, you are close.
(you are just on the other side of my sentences).

You are watching my face
trying to figure out where words
come from.

robin ellen lucas 7/9/14 robin ellen lucas 7/9/14

When you're addicted to technology (and you detox, but then need to come back home)

What could be worse than coming home from a vacation after successfully detoxing yourself from the everyday technology that rules your life?

robin ellen lucas 6/28/14 robin ellen lucas 6/28/14

Not ready before your time: Be kept awhile longer where you are mine alone and I am only yours

I am inspired by this writing by Toko-Pa which sends me into a new place, all while I’m set on focusing on that which I need to do in this moment. I’m not sure what that is actually; I’m letting life guide me, distracted or not.

robin ellen lucas 3/29/14 robin ellen lucas 3/29/14

Lady with the red pants: When yoga is humiliating

I was once called Lady with the Red Pants by a strict yoga teacher with whom I’d been practicing yoga for 6 years.

humiliation from across the room

robin ellen lucas 3/18/14 robin ellen lucas 3/18/14

Give yourself permission to hesitate, retreat or go for it

You don't have to know why. Just follow your first gut instinct. It's usually your best bet. Even if it drives your hesitation, perception, concern or intrigue unconsciously, it knows you.

robin ellen lucas 3/11/14 robin ellen lucas 3/11/14

When your computer hard drive fails spontaneously: Frustration or freedom?

If you're like most people, you have a lot of your life—both personal and business—on your computer. From financial records to secret writing to documents for your work. Right?