tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35096189664263415762024-03-18T13:18:17.337-07:00Joyce Wycoff: Inching into wonderlandJoyce Wycoff ... sharing wonders on the journey through nature, art and gratitude.Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-65010070683838272752023-04-24T09:33:00.007-07:002023-09-16T10:43:16.562-07:00Joyce Wycoff and Gratitude Mojo Joins SubstackPlease join me at SubstackBlogger became part of my life in 2009, more than 1200 posts ago. It will always be part of my heart ... however, I have fallen in love with Substack which is an incredibly generous community of writers. For any of you who might be curious about the possibilities on this incredible newsletter platform, I love talking about it. Feel free to contact me at jwycoff@Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-19920185240899866452023-01-22T07:37:00.000-08:002023-01-22T07:37:21.187-08:00Repost: We cannot go backward
Photo by Todd Robertson
Update: 5 years after this post, after Charlottesville, and hate still rises, ugly and foul. I still hold the question: what is my role in helping to end this virus of hate?
I came of age on the edge of darkness. My senior year in high school was spent in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where I saw “whites only” drinking fountains and there were no black faces in my school. I Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-18703421353202495442023-01-22T07:13:00.002-08:002023-01-22T07:13:43.789-08:00Love. Nothing else lasts.Only LoveMaria Shriver in her Sunday Paper, quotes a response from one of her friend/readers to a column she wrote about AI. "Maria,” Tom wrote, “Many people seek innovations that will change the world (ie. AI). Here is an innovation that will change us: answering ill will with good will, and absorbing pain without passing it on. All our inventing and discovering and experimenting and exploring Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-37939177444910470702023-01-17T05:00:00.011-08:002023-01-19T15:38:12.315-08:00Love Letter to my life #55: The incredible gift of SLOW. (We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. — Joyce Wycoff) There seems to be a gadget in my brain that sweeps through the day’s debris as I sleep and spits out a ponder-bit as I awakeJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-65844149228290872092023-01-15T10:00:00.002-08:002024-01-14T19:56:36.126-08:00Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every year I post this poem written to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and honor all that he gave us and to also honor Rosa Parks and all the brave people who gave so much to the fight for equality. In these trying times we are still trying to live up to his words and actions. Our democracy and ideals may be tested; we have to stay strong and Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-12200355121450765712023-01-13T08:37:00.004-08:002023-01-18T18:54:02.245-08:00Good Morning Thinkers! In another time and place, I was a consultant and conference designer for creativity and innovation in organizations. Recently I found the leftovers of a blog I did for several years and it was so fun, like looking at baby pictures, that I'm posting it here.https://thinksmart.typepad.com/good_morning_thinkers/Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-29139282023244450962023-01-08T07:59:00.001-08:002023-01-08T07:59:32.431-08:00Live Out Loud by Maria Shriver Magic is in the airThis newsletter from Maria Shriver touched me. Life is so fleeting and fragile. I don't want to waste a moment of it not "living out loud," not living in a constant state of gratitude for this gift of life. May 2023 bring you your heart's desire.Live Out LoudBy Maria Shriver January 07, 2023I've Been Thinking...Happy new year, my friends! Happy, happy new yearJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-51963985015400123922022-12-17T09:56:00.007-08:002022-12-20T19:12:31.931-08:00Love Letter to My Life #54: Inching into Wonderland(We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. Joyce Wycoff) Inching into Wonderland At the end of 2021, my birthday post came as I was living in two RVs (summer on a Northern Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-83722787633558764922022-11-27T18:20:00.002-08:002022-11-27T18:22:34.628-08:00Art Gallery: Organics Collection Beauty SurvivesMost of my art begins with wandering. Walking through forests and parks, around neighborhoods or lagoons, or just anywhere where beauty lurks. Often what I find needs little more than a frame.Sometimes though it wants to play and demands more attention.Visiting GraceHere is an interactive vignette of my Organics Collection. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-6253441044188910812022-11-17T07:16:00.005-08:002022-12-17T08:39:30.618-08:00Love Letter to My Life #53: I've decided to own my lifeCatching sunset(We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. Joyce Wycoff) I’ve decided to own my life. To walk through my remaining years skipping this way and that. I’ve Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-18270364973479889272022-11-13T06:00:00.020-08:002022-11-13T09:37:08.291-08:00Gratitude Mojo: How can you boost your confidence?What do you want to accomplish this week?Is it a stretch for you?If it is, you may need an extra dose of confidence.Here's a magic formula:Reflecting on your past successes boosts confidence;confidence boosts energy and motivation;energy and motivation boost life and success. Period.Recently CampReinvention.com caught my attention with their tagline: Because your age is just a number. They help Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-10041057011864439182022-10-18T19:54:00.000-07:002022-10-18T19:54:31.347-07:00Sweet Peace #44: Saved by StickersSweet Peace began in January of this year as a 52-week commitment to finding peace with food and body and has gradually expanded to include all aspects of my life. Along with it came a small, black journal. I have never been good at journaling and trailing behind me is a long line of unsatisfactory, half-filled journals of various sizes and shapes. However, here I was, trying again, Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-77105008611828587332022-10-17T17:20:00.004-07:002022-10-28T17:09:40.500-07:00Love Letter to My Life #52: Pollyanna Skeptic in the Laundry RoomFound on campus(We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. Joyce Wycoff) Occasionally, there is a golden moment when a major project begins to wind down and no other project Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-69062137215444540902022-10-11T20:02:00.000-07:002022-10-11T20:02:23.457-07:00Sweet Peace #43: Results of Low Carb Trial and Another PossibilityI want all of these.NOTE: This series about finding peace with food and body ... as well as life and spirit ... is moving. This will be the last post here on this blog ... next week it will post to my newsletter on Substack. It will still be free and you can subscribe at https://gratitudemojo.substack.com/about. The Wisdom School of Facebook counsels us this morning in words Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-84450126414656193342022-10-04T12:12:00.000-07:002022-10-04T12:12:05.838-07:00Sweet Peace #42: When does the caterpillar know it is something new?New newsletter - details at end I have spent my life being a bad journaler. I could blame my mother, but then she gets too much blame for too many things. It was my own fear of her reaction that made me write in code in my tiny, lockable, 5-year journal. I knew the lock wouldn’t keep her out; I didn’t realize how much it kept me out, since I couldn’t decipher my own code.  Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-11666115048686641982022-09-27T08:33:00.000-07:002022-09-27T08:33:22.543-07:00Sweet Peace #41: Looking for answers Looking for answersSunday aha. I have been doing this challenge in the same manner I used to do diets … seeing how much I could get away with. The keto “aids” I touted last report have turned into a lurking snack attack. I’ve managed to barely eke under the wire on carbs so I’m still in the challenge; however “barely” is the operative word. Somehow, I forgot this was about health and turnedJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-91244839155295607242022-09-20T16:08:00.000-07:002022-09-20T16:08:01.473-07:00Sweet Peace #40: Low Carb ReportRead comments firstThis is Day 11 of the 30-day challenge and I’m finding it’s not as easy nor as dramatic as I had hoped … nor as difficult as I thought it was the first two times I tried it years ago. I believe doing the 66-day sugar fast eliminated some of the carb cravings that I’ve had before. While I hadn't been in ketosis, I was already focusing on a lower carb eating range.So far, my Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-72628011531272606882022-09-17T07:04:00.003-07:002022-09-17T07:04:59.700-07:00Love Letter to My Life #51: Everything dies, but seldom when we're ready(We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. In December, I get to celebrate both my birth and death days on the same day. Joyce Wycoff) There’s something about having Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-30611174956943699352022-09-13T20:18:00.002-07:002022-09-13T20:19:56.237-07:00Sweet Peace #39: Is Diabetes Reversible ... my 30-day low carb experimentPoison Oak ... a recognized poisonFive years ago while I was in Mexico, a woman introduced me to Keto. She was a well-meaning woman who desperately wanted to be a healer, and maybe she was. However, her approach was not grounded in science and it didn’t take long for doubts to arise and the idea to fall aside.Since then, I’ve taken on a bias of “it doesn’t work for me,” and latched onto every Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-49394027947013606572022-09-06T13:46:00.000-07:002022-09-06T13:46:16.628-07:00Sweet Peace #38: We humans are a curious lotGrinding hole found in local parkIt’s Tuesday. The calendar reminds me of my commitment to write a Sweet Peace post every Tuesday. However, this week it snuck up on me and I have no thoughts about what to write. We’re in the midst of a heat wave and my physical well-being is fried, boiled might be a better term since I’m in a limp-noodle state which feels neither sweet nor peaceful.And then … andJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-3215930729778600552022-08-30T19:53:00.005-07:002022-08-31T05:12:31.539-07:00Sweet Peace #37: Codegas of ConfidenceRainbow Spiral“In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega—a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.”― Elizabeth GilbertCodega: Illuminator of the night. Bringer of light into dark places.For those of us who are Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-80957341988343500352022-08-23T20:59:00.002-07:002022-08-23T20:59:59.496-07:00Sweet Peace #36: Tips for more deep sleepCollege kid prank: money glued to street I’m coming in under the wire on this one. A fun project held me hostage, a nap needed to be napped, and amazon delivered what I hope is a key to better sleep so it just had to be installed. So, it’s now 2-hours before bedtime and time to start taking eyes off the computer, so this is going to be quick.Deep sleep is important. According Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-47947066135463440292022-08-17T15:23:00.009-07:002022-08-18T11:23:46.900-07:00 Love Letter to My Life #50: Asking for what I wantWisdom Moon(We know the day we were born, but most of us do not know the day we will die. This love letter to my life is written on the day I've designated as my death day: the 17th of every month, and reminds me to be grateful for my joy-filled life. In December, I get to celebrate both my birth and death days on the same day. Joyce Wycoff)"No matter what your condition in life, you Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-6134707750592295512022-08-16T09:35:00.002-07:002022-08-23T20:46:16.647-07:00 Sweet Peace #35: Cardio can be funEarly morning light(Thanks for joining me on this 52-week journey toward peace which began with sugar and food and now reaches out to every aspect of my path. May it sweeten your own journey. -- Joyce Wycoff)150 minutes … that seems to be the standard recommendation for the minimum number of minutes of cardio exercise per week. So, what is cardio exercise?Verywellfit.com provides a simple answer:Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-56647426991314725442022-08-09T11:26:00.002-07:002022-08-09T11:31:41.666-07:00Sweet Peace #34: Breaking ThroughBreak on through (Thanks for joining me on this 52-week journey toward peace which began with sugar and food and now reaches out to every aspect of my path. May it sweeten your own journey. -- Joyce Wycoff)With the Doors hit in my mind, I wonder what it’s going to take to “break on through to the other side.” On the 34th week of this journey, I can recognize the progress made Joyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com0