Cassandra Chandler

Tag: Inspiration

  • Focusing on Happiness—Week Thirteen

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    What I’m happy about this week: I’m on vacation! There are so many things making me happy this week, I couldn’t pick just one. It’s my first real vacation in years (I guess it’s a staycation, but those are the only kind I take 😉 ). Here are the highlights, starting with…I saw my first…

  • Making Room

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    We’re only a day away from the Winter Solstice. This is my favorite astronomical phenomenon to celebrate because I love what it symbolizes. Fresh starts, renewals, and increasing possibilities. More than any other time of year, this is when I can work to reinvent myself—to let go of those aspects of myself that are no…

  • Columbia’s First Voyage

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    A while back, I wrote a post called Write What You Know. In it, I mentioned watching Columbia launch and that I needed to tell that story. Here it is. My dad was an avid astronomy fan. He had a 4 inch Unitron refractor that his dad built from a kit. Great for planetary viewing.…