“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.” ~ Bill Watterson Need some cool and original ideas for holiday gifts? Here are a few of my favorite things this season. None of these vendors or artists have asked me to promote them; I’m just passing on some links […]
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December 7, 2018
Silver Man
November 25, 2018
“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” ~ Kahlil Gibran This is one of the most difficult posts I’ve had to write, as well as one I’ve felt the most compelled to do. Earlier this week, I said goodbye to one of the great […]
Yay!
November 7, 2018
“Success is due less to ability than to zeal.” ~ Charles Buxton Statue can be found here Several years ago, I wrote a short post about the exclamation “yay!”. A conversation I had with a yoga therapy client this morning inspired me to share those thoughts on this joyful word again today. I had […]
Don’t Boo ?
October 23, 2018
“Do not complain. Don’t hashtag. Don’t get anxious. Don’t retreat. Don’t binge on whatever it is you’re bingeing on. Don’t lose yourself in ironic detachment. Don’t put your head in the sand. Don’t boo. Vote. Vote.” ~ President Barack Obama As Abraham Lincoln so eloquently stated it in 1863, our government is one “of the […]
America the Flavorful
September 20, 2018
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton Paul Abbas/P.A. Boards Having grown up in a city that was located just a few miles from a popular surf spot, the culture and music associated with surfing were an influential part of my youth. In 1994, when […]
Cat Music
August 14, 2018
“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life – music and cats.” ~ Albert Schweitzer Did you know that living with a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than one third? Those of us who have cats as family members can attest to the calming and […]
Independence
July 3, 2018
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.” ~ Douglas Adams As more and more news comes to light about how tech companies have collected and sold the private data, […]
Gradually
June 11, 2018
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point […]
Look Up!
May 4, 2018
“Few people have the imagination for reality.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The other day, as I was heading out for an afternoon walk, I glanced across the street toward the nearby neighborhood park and noticed some picnic tables arranged for a child’s birthday party. There were balloons and decorations tied to several tables, one […]
A More Perfect Re-Union
March 31, 2018
“I’ll tell you how the Sun rose – A Ribbon at a time….. ~ Emily Dickinson Most of us recall the image of Humpty Dumpty from the classic nursery rhyme by Mother Goose. An egg man, in defiance of his fragility, sits precariously at the top of a wall. He ultimately looses his balance and […]
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