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Freedom for Socks

As promised, I addressed my sock drawer tonight.  It is astounding how many socks are too small, tattered and ridiculously out of character for me now.  Either they really shrink or my children have been storing their socks in my drawer for years.  Are those white anklets my mother’s?  And I don’t remember buying one… Read more »

Approaching the Closet

I survived the first two nights of cleaning out my closet spurred on by Marie Kondo of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.”  As I held up each item, I asked “Am I ever going to wear this?”  Then I admitted that the question is supposed to be “Does this spark joy?”  Well, that is… Read more »

Tidying and Uncluttering

Everyone seems to be talking about the book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” by Marie Kondo.  Her premise is that we all have too much stuff that weighs us down, diminishes the flow of love from our hearts to our surroundings, and makes it impossible to locate… Read more »

Making Food Appetizing

I had a consult with an Ayurveda specialist.  That’s a method of healthy eating and lifestyle based on three body types developed in ancient India. One of the things that she told me was that I had to bring more joy into eating.  Making healthy food is not enough if it is presented in a… Read more »

Still Inspiring

Wayne Dyer continues to be an inspiration.  Every time I hear one of his quotes, it feels like the first time.  I say yes, yes, I get it!  In case you are not familiar with them, here are some of his teachings: “Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him. If you believe it… Read more »

Believing in the Good

Wayne Dyer died a few days ago, but not from leukemia, from a heart attack.  He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2012.  Sometime after that he received a long distance treatment from a famous healer in Brazil.  Wayne was so convinced that his body was healed from this disease that he never did any other… Read more »

Three Cups of Tea

Today I was invited into a new friend’s home for a cup of tea.  We sat on cushions on the floor and, surrounded by Chinese flute music, he steeped tea the old-fashioned way.  I always wondered how those tiny Japanese pots were used.  He poured fresh boiling water into the little pot, swooshed it around… Read more »

Spirituality Made Easy

There is so much talk about spirituality that many people are wondering what it really means.  Author and teacher Caroline Myss explains it like this: It is the part of you that is drawn to hope and will not give in to despair…the part of you that believes in goodness and something more.  Every choice… Read more »

My New Job!

Congratulate me!  I have a new job!  I found out this morning that I got the job (although no one else applied).  It is a position that I am lucky to have even though I failed many times over the years, which I blame on poor management.  Appointed by the CEO of the organization, I… Read more »