Why I'm Glad I Work.....#3
This is #3 in a series of posts sharing the "good" in my work days... things which seem to have little to do with my actual job. It began...
Magic
“…what is truly beautiful in my life is never what I grasp at, but that which is found accidentally. Discovered, not sought after.” I had...
Out of Africa
The movie Out of Africa came out in 1985. Frank and I thought it the worst movie we had ever seen and considered walking out of the...
Macaron
Only steps from Hôtel de Lutèce, our charming 17th century hotel in the heart of Ile Saint Louis on the Rive Gauche of Paris, was a...
Oh, The Places We'll Go
I’ve heard those of us living in the north are hardier. I don’t know if we’re hard-i-er, but we are certainly hardy. This morning, in a...
Dreamy
As a kid, I was self-disciplined, a conscientious do-er. I did my homework, kept my tiny bedroom neat, exercised, and tried to eat...
A Letter to Ourselves
In Magical Journey, Katrina Kenison describes her month at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Can you...
Denmark
I remember…. I remember feeling my very insides would explode. I was “Madeline” sent off to foreign lands, on my own, a young,...
What is a Good Life?
This blog post is also featured on The Huffington Post. The question is posed by Arianna Huffington in her new book Thrive. My answer now...
Beginner's Mind
“Zen teacher Blanche Hartman defines beginner’s mind as a mind that faces life like a small child, full of curiosity and wonder and...