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Getting centered after Thanksgiving... and Rosalynn Carter

 After a big event, I usually need some down time. Generally the day after the bluegrass festival and the day after getting home from vacation are sleep days for me. I don't know if it's my enneagram type? In spite of having a low tolerance for chaos, I've planned plenty of it into my world. Today is one of those days. Fritz joining me for down time At my age, I should have already honed a strategy for getting reconnected with my center in the midst of the activity. But since our move, it has not come easily. Honestly, in the opportunities when I could reach for center, I've often grabbed instead for escape, usually in media. NPR, Instagram, and podcasts are my primary sources. Much of what I find there are very hard stories right now...stories that fill any empty time with prayers and horror at the human caused pain in the world. Instead of centered, I find myself off balance, despairing, reactive, irritable. So I've been grasping for a way back to myself, to the

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