If you knew that you only had one week to live, what would you do? Would you give attention to the chatter in your mind rehashing your game plan for an event that might or might not happen in the future? Would you lay awake at night plotting a verbal counter-attack on a family member… Read more »
Meet Être, an inspirational resource site created for the middle school set when girls are their most authentic selves yet vulnerable to peer pressure and societal values. I learned about this site created by my cousin yesterday. Être means “to be” in French and is designed to encourage girls to stay true to the things… Read more »
Did you ever notice how freaked-out middle-age people get when they can’t remember something? They act like it’s the beginning of the end, foreboding imminent and total demise, the first step into obliteration of life as we know it. It’s really not that bad, Folks. A few weeks ago I went to a movie with… Read more »
There is a woman who walks in my neighborhood everyday. Her spine is bent at a ninety degree angle so that all she can see is the ground. She doesn’t seem to be stopped by anything, bundled up in a knitted hat and down jacket on cold days and a thin top to catch the… Read more »
Sometimes it surprises me how little we know about each other. Have you ever been shocked to hear that someone in the neighborhood is getting a divorce? Or a friend is leaving her job to join the Peace Corps? Or your cousin got busted for illegally growing marijuana in her backyard? Do we forget to ask… Read more »
My qigong form has a movement where you reach behind you into an imaginary pond of stagnant water and scoop up something that has been hiding in darkness. You carry it forward in your open palm into the light, cleansing and transforming it, using your gentle energy to lift and alchemize it from dense sediment… Read more »
Making decisions seems so important. I worry and contemplate. Should I do this or that? What will the consequences be if I confront a person or take a trip or submit my writing to an agent? Will this choice move me closer or further away from whom I am and where I want to be?… Read more »
Which one is afraid to travel? Who is adventurous with new foods and who insists on going back to the same old restaurants? Which one hates the cousins, doesn’t want the responsibility of a dog or lets the papers pile up? It’s so easy to resist or withdraw because you perceive that your partner is… Read more »
It’s more than having fun. It’s being in a state of joy so complete that all else falls away. One of my friends loves skiing. When he is on a slope he is so delighted that he loses track of time. Another friend is thrilled to play bridge whether or not she is winning. My… Read more »
When my granddaughter was three-years-old she asked me what was my favorite color on her new quilt. I pointed to the petals of a flower and said, “This one. It is called hot pink.” A few minutes later she said, “Ouch! My elbow hurts!” When I asked what happened, she said that she burned her… Read more »