http://www.bouncebackcafe.com Dedicated to finding useful, resilient solutions to life's adversities. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/my-winter-heart-rails-against-the-wind-2339 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/my-winter-heart-rails-against-the-wind-2339#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:01:36 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2339 How do you survive the dark days of winter? This morning’s clear skies belie the COLD, raucous, house-shuttering GALE winds that pummel my psyche with dis-ease… “Not a very good morning for you” announces the newscaster on the early morning show… “No shit, Sherlock” retorts my weary, sleep-deprived brain. How I HATE this cold, cold wind roaring out of the Northeast! It’s fractured my sleep and overwrought my mind! Yeah, that’s me sinking deep into the winter doldrums, feeling the blues, wobbling through the “dark days”, beaten by the blahs ...Continue reading » My Winter Heart Rails Against the Wind]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/my-winter-heart-rails-against-the-wind-2339/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/republished/ordinary-pleasures-2-2182 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/republished/ordinary-pleasures-2-2182#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:01:25 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2182 Recently I heard a snatch of a lively song that tickled my fancy… and fortunately, I was able to capture the artist and song title. Today I found it on Youtube.com and it set my feet to tapping, got me laughing out loud and dancing a jig in my head. Listen for yourself: Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland. It’s hard to hold on to a bad mood while listening to that tune… And, once again, a simple pleasure rescues my psyche from the doldrums… Must remember – lively music helps my mood. Here’s another one that lights up the happy in me by the Zac Brown Band, Lil Bit of Chicken Fried: It’s the simple things in life that mean the most Not where you live or what you drive or the price tag on your clothes There’s no dollar sign on a piece of mind this I’ve come to know. ...Continue reading » Ordinary Pleasures]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/republished/ordinary-pleasures-2-2182/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ordinary-pleasures-2010 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ordinary-pleasures-2010#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:01:45 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2010 Recently I heard a snatch of a lively song that tickled my fancy… and fortunately, I was able to capture the artist and song title. Today I found it on Youtube.com and it set my feet to tapping, got me laughing out loud and dancing a jig in my head. Listen for yourself: Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland. It’s hard to hold on to a bad mood while listening to that tune… And, once again, a simple pleasure rescues my psyche from the doldrums… Must remember – lively music helps my mood. Here’s another one that lights up the happy in me by the Zac Brown Band, Lil Bit of Chicken Fried: It’s the simple things in life that mean the most Not where you live or what you drive or the price tag on your clothes There’s no dollar sign on a piece of mind this I’ve come to know. ...Continue reading » Ordinary Pleasures]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ordinary-pleasures-2010/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:01:20 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=854 Today I invite you to turn on your sound, click play on the following YouTube video and hum along, let the video play in the background while you read on… ...Continue reading » Out of a Pickle and into a Pastiche]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/spin-into-control-520 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/spin-into-control-520#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:01:09 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=520 Nah, not that stationary bicycle “Spinning” idiocy – more power to any of you that enjoy it – my body just says “you want me to WHAT???” I’m talkin’ ’bout a different kind of spinning.  In my continuing quest for ways to deal with unexpected and unwelcome aggravations, I offer you spinning – do this after you’ve gone ballistic and snapped out of it – but before you actually leap into action. That’s the time to do a mental walk-around-the-problem looking for new perspectives on the way things are.  Yes, pull out your rose colored glasses.  Like sunglasses, they have their uses.  And aggravation overload is one of those times when rose colored glasses can protect your spirit from the gloomie-rays. ...Continue reading » Spin Into Control!]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/spin-into-control-520/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/discouraged-277 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/discouraged-277#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:01:55 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=277 No matter how upbeat we try to be, we all have days when we feel discouraged. For me the past week has been a real challenge. You would think that a short week (I wrote this after Memorial Day week.) would make things easier, but in the end, the week felt like a failure. For some writers, just the act of writing helps them to feel better. For me that isn’t the case. As a matter of fact, when I started this post, I thought that I would probably just trash it because I didn’t see a way out of my discouragement. ...Continue reading » Discouraged]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/discouraged-277/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/momma-said-there-would-be-days-like-this-198 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/momma-said-there-would-be-days-like-this-198#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 07:01:40 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=198 Today is one of THOSE days. For some reason I woke up in the pits. No reason, just a low day and no sign of sun. Since like everyone else I need to get “stuff” done today, I tried to diagnose the problem. The best I could come up with was a yucky case of the blahs!! I get those when we’ve had too many days of “June Gloom” and today is REALLY gloomy. There’s a slim chance of rain today, but odds are, it’ll just be gray – like ME! Given a choice, what I’d love to do is curl up under a blankie with a book and my faithful dog to keep me warm. If the dog ain’t so faithful, I can fall back to the cat. But today is a work day, so no such luck. What to do… ...Continue reading » Momma Said There’d Be Days Like This]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/momma-said-there-would-be-days-like-this-198/feed 0