“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ~ James Baldwin I’ve always been what used to be referred to as “girly”. I’ve liked dressing up and using makeup since I can remember. Before I was old enough to wear actual makeup, I tried putting […]
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Yes You Can
June 14, 2020
Speranza
May 31, 2020
“Vogliamo che qualcuno si prenda cura di noi? Prendiamoci cura di chi non ha nessuno. Ci serve speranza per il domani? Doniamo speranza oggi… Non possiamo chiedere all’umanità di stare unita se noi andiamo per strade diverse. Allora preghiamo gli uni per gli altri, sentiamoci responsabili gli uni degli altri.” “We want someone to take […]
The One I’m With
May 9, 2020
“Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.” ~ William Blake These are challenging times emotionally. The shelter-in-place directives have meant that most of us are spending either much more or much less time than usual with each […]
A Tech Stretch
April 19, 2020
“In a time of destruction, create something.” ~ Maxine Hong Kingston I created a short, under 5 minute video to demonstrate my Tech Stretch, a little self-care for the wrists and shoulders that anyone can do. I developed this a few years ago, when the mobile game Pokémon Go launched and a client injured his […]
The Upside of Down
April 11, 2020
“And so I wait, like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.” ~ Pablo Neruda, Sonnet LXV It’s OK to be sad. We are individually and collectively grieving so much that has been lost to the current crisis. We are all in this […]
A Spoonful of Yoga
March 28, 2020
“If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.” ~ Andy Rooney I made a short little video to help you keep smiling. In this 2016 blog post, I wrote about how the physical act of smiling can help to slow your heart rate. A slowed heart rate is one indicator […]
Bake a Bun, Leave the Cannoli
March 21, 2020
“Be crumbled So that wild flowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.” ~ Rumi So, with most of us home and walking that tightrope between hope and despair, I decided to scour my old blog posts, going back to 2010 (when I first […]
Faith in Chaos
March 14, 2020
“If the flap of a butterfly’s wings can be instrumental in generating a tornado, it can equally well be instrumental in preventing a tornado.” ~ Edward Lorenz Happy Pi Day! Yes, that is a picture of my celebratory Pi Day bar of soap! 6.36619772368 seconds times π equals 20 seconds, the minimum amount of […]
Extra
February 29, 2020
E. Edward Grey: You’re really over-qualified for the job. You’d be bored to death. Lee Holloway: I want to be bored. ~ From Secretary (2002) The line above is from the movie Secretary, a sweet, quirky love story from 2002, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader. That particular piece of dialogue came to my […]
A Rose By Every Other Name (revisited)
February 14, 2020
“Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we […]
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