Marianne Wieland

I'm sitting here, post iron infusion, thinking of all the things I need to do over the next several weeks and my mind is all over the...

We have all heard the phrase, ‘Nothing to fear but fear itself.’ Do you believe that is true? What if it is not? I know there are some...

Who doesn’t love the brilliant musician’s shredding guitar solo? Or watching a  snowboard athlete shredding a difficult course on a snowy...

Mark Love, that is! And for me too! I’m speaking of the Otsego Artisan Market this past Saturday, June 22nd, of course. It was a great...

I didn’t realize I had a favorite writing place until recently. It is a very comfortable spot for me and I feel more peace in this spot...

Friendship is on my mind today. Sounds like it should be a simple definition, but unfortunately, it isn't. The meaning of friendship to...

I'm sitting here tonight thinking about many things. I am alone, in the dark. It is quiet and it seems all is well. I hear a crash. Then...

I wish life was not so complicated. So many of us live under hardship of some kind, not every day but often enough that it makes for...

Have you ever wondered how you got where you are today? I think about that a lot and have done so many times over the years. If you had...

A few years ago, I had just returned to work after having been off for three months receiving IV Levequin through a PICC line. After a...

Masks are something we all wear from time to time. Anyone who says they don't, are just kidding themselves, and that in itself, is...

We all have them. Expectations develop without our even thinking about it. Like an automatic response. Often, we don't even realize it...

Love and marriage should be a simple topic to discuss as it has inspired many authors to write about it down through the ages. Almost as...

One of the hardest and most necessary things to do when something ends is giving closure. This could be with anything, from a...

I was reading a friend's post earlier and it made me pause and think about some things. It made me think about some of the posts I have...

Don't put things off that you should take care of now. I am the queen of this I am sorry to say. Sadly, procrastination is that warm,...

Sometimes in life it is very difficult to move forward no matter how hard you try. There are so many things that get in the way. Time,...

There are so many thoughts that run through my head during the night. There is a lot I can't make sense of. Most of us have been through...

Sometimes in life we get so caught up in what is going on with us, that we forget to look around and see what is going on with our...

I was at the gym today and any of you that go to Planet Fitness have seen the signs all over saying 'No Gymtimidation'. I kept thinking...

During the course of our lives, many people may come and go. Some will like us, some will not. Some will use us for their own purposes...

So many different kinds!!! But...I am concentrating on the 'surprise' relationships that are cause for more grief than anything else. The...

When you are in a relationship with someone you are crazy about and you express love for each other, make sure, and I can't stress this...

I was thinking today about those times in life when we come to a crossroad. It happens to us all at one time or another and to different...