Blog

  • Please Pull Over

    After a lovely visit with my parents in NY, I headed south again, stopping for an overnight at a dear friend’s home in VA, then made my way towards my… Read more

  • My Last Visit with Dad

    This is my dad. I took this photo yesterday morning when I was visiting my parents. Dad drove me up to the stone yard in this cute little “gator” of… Read more

  • Interrupted Timelines

    Life is a journey, not a location to arrive at and remain. Sometimes our journey can turn into an unexpected and unwanted change that comes upon us when we’re not… Read more

  • Organizing: From Chaos to Clean

    I like organizing spaces and things. I don’t always do it, and sometimes my own work space is a complete mess. But I like making it organized. I like the… Read more

  • Angry Moments

    What really makes you angry about the world? Can you believe it? That’s the writing prompt for day two of the LYL blogging challenge. So now I have to write… Read more

  • About My Happiness Blog

    This post was the “about” page for a blog called “With Great Happiness”. Posts from that blog are now located in the category Mind and Matter. It looks like I’ve… Read more

  • With Great Happiness

    Life is a journey, right? We’re all on a journey all our own, but sometimes our paths cross. If you’re reading this post, you’ve just crossed a few pixels of my… Read more

  • Making Hungarian Kiflis

    This weekend I made Hungarian kiflis, which are a crescent shaped yummy cookie filled with a walnut paste. I used my grandma’s recipe. The end result was super tasty and… Read more

  • Lost to the Mediterranean Sea

    I love reading biographies. Last weekend I read From Copper to Gold, about the life of a remarkable woman named Dorothy Baker. In 1954, she was in her mid-50’s when she… Read more

  • Walk and Work

    Do you spend most of your day sitting at your desk? Have you ever wished your work required you to move around more, instead of sitting all day? Sometimes that sedentary… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Cathy,

Here you’ll find my notes about research and other related professional work interests, as well as some personal things, such as books I’ve found interesting, stories of family and friends, travel, and spiritual musings.