Patty Mayeux Blog

a Blog about Writing, Wandering and Wondering

  • Communication Bugaboos…

    It is an all too common story, a rift grows between siblings, often after the death of a parent. When it happened in my own family more than 30 years ago, I was shocked. But we were all grieving. Years passed and the space between communications grew and so did the chasm between loved ones.…

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 18, 2025
    Attitude, Book reviews, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Inspiration, Journey, Learning, Love Others, Monday, Writing
    ELAN, Encouragement, Inspiration
  • Quote of the Week…

    “If we will be quiet and ready enough, we will find compensation in every disappointment.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 15, 2025
    Attitude, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Friday, Gratitude, Inspiration, Journey, Quotes, Wondering
    Encouragement, Friday, Inspiration, Wondering
  • Pity? Party of One?…

    Why do the little things rankle us so? Big fears and challenges call into force our best selves. We are strong. Resilient. We can handle it. When I missed book club last week due to a more pressing need, it was hard to swallow. It was an accident, nobody’s fault, but I felt like a…

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 11, 2025
    About Me, Attitude, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Gratitude, Love Yourself, Monday, Writing
    ELAN, Encouragement, Inspiration, Love Yourself
  • Quote of the Week…

    “Some days, the first coffee just laughs at you. It says, ‘Oh, you thought I was going to wake you up? Sucker!’” Katherine Waterston, 1980

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 8, 2025
    Attitude, Confidence, Creativity, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Friday, Inspiration, Love Yourself, Quotes, Wondering
    Encouragement, Friday, Humor, Inspiration, Wondering
  • Suckers!…

    Ebb, flow; wax, wane; up, down. Cycles. Changes. Constant. I’m happy for the variety, even the occasional drag when some unexpected thing knocks me for a loop. The energy-sucking ebb and wane and down is temporary. Too many to-dos can zap our mental energy as we imagine a toppling avalanche. Physical down times bring a…

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 4, 2025
    About Me, Attitude, Confidence, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Inspiration, Journey, Love Yourself, Monday, Writing
    Encouragement, Inspiration, Writing
  • Quote of the Week…

    “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller, 1880 – 1968

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    August 1, 2025
    Abundance, Attitude, Creativity, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, faith, Friday, Gratitude, Inspiration, Journey, Love, Love Others, Quotes, Wondering
    Encouragement, Friday, Inspiration, Wondering
  • Love Goes On…

    Perhaps you have observed a magician holding a simple ball in his hand, but when he waves the other hand over it in an Abracadabra motion, it transforms into many balls. My brain knows there is a logical explanation for magic tricks but the rest of me doesn’t need to figure it out. That’s the…

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    July 28, 2025
    About Me, Abundance, Attitude, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Gratitude, Inspiration, Journey, Love, Love Others, Monday, Thanks, Writing
    ELAN, Encouragement, Inspiration, Love
  • Quote of the Week…

    “Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” Carl Sandburg, 1878 – 1967

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    June 20, 2025
    Abundance, Attitude, Confidence, Creativity, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, faith, Friday, Gratitude, Inspiration, Journey, Quotes, Tradition, Wondering
    ELAN, Encouragement, Friday, Inspiration, Wondering
  • Quote of the Week…

    “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.” Buddha

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    June 13, 2025
    Abundance, Attitude, Confidence, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, faith, Friday, Gratitude, Inspiration, Journey, Love Yourself, Quotes, Tradition, Wondering
    Encouragement, Friday, Inspiration, Wondering
  • A Blog Break…

    As we approach the thick of it in this moving process (calendar thick with last goodbye dinners of various groups, rooms thick with stacked boxes, brain thick with…well, just thick), there will be a brief break between these blog posts. I’ll pick them back up mid-July or so, maybe sooner as I will be itching…

    PattyMayeuxBlog

    June 9, 2025
    About Me, ELAN Blog, Encouragement, Holiday, Inspiration, Journey, Love Yourself, Monday, Writing
    ELAN, Encouragement, Inspiration
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