by Terra Osterling | Apr 29, 2020 | Game-changers, Motivation, Nature, Uncategorized
Sta·sis /ˈstāsis/ Noun: A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium. Prologue: I started thinking about the concept of stasis as long ago as last fall when I jotted it into my journal, pondered through winter, and finally began writing in the first days of March....
by Terra Osterling | Feb 4, 2019 | Experiences, Inspiration
I am not a good dancer. That doesn’t stop me from tearing it up in the kitchen to my 80s music mix. I used to dance a lot more, and in public; despite my introvert persona, I rarely missed a school dance as a teenager. Music has always moved me, literally. During...
by Terra Osterling | Sep 14, 2017 | Inspiration, Nature, Uncategorized
Rocks call to me. I could say simply that I collect rocks, but that feels reductive. Or perhaps even the opposite of what is true. Rocks collect me. Just this morning, The Husband mumbled that if I bring one more rock into the house, the floor might collapse. Picking...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 30, 2016 | Adirondacks, Experiences, Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Nature, Poetry
I am not below ground. I am far up above in the sky, on a peak of rock. On the peak of me. Getting here was not guaranteed. Climbing over rocks and logs, feet moving over loose stone, knotty roots, and slick pine needles. A push from behind is needed to surmount a...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 30, 2016 | Experiences, Lessons from Faith
This post has been a long time coming. At this writing, it has been a little over two years and nine months since I was first diagnosed with melanoma. Treatment involved: ~ 2 general anesthetic surgeries within 2 weeks of each other. The first a procedure to remove a...
by Terra Osterling | Sep 23, 2016 | Babysitting Nephews, Inspiration, Storytelling
Summer is over for nephews K. and D. <sad trombone> Summer 2016 was ‘all-baseball all the time’ as both boys are on travel teams. Practices started way back in March. For months, if they weren’t at a game, they were at practice. I don’t know how my sister does...
