Do you feel bound to the tides, to the moon, to rhythms that stretch beyond your body but are part of it? Do you recognize when you’re hungry, when you’re tired, when your emotions are worn beyond expressing? Or for that matter, when you’re feeling terrific? Women, health, and well-being “Bound to the tides and […]
What are you worth?
Do you know what you’re worth? How do you ascertain your value – as a worker, a creative, a woman, a man, a spouse, a parent? As a member of society? I’ll state this up front. This isn’t the usual morning musing. But hang in. It may be useful. What is your job worth? In […]
Middle-aged Woman Found Pinned by Latvian Teen
Just in. (9:18 Eastern, 3/2/10). Weird News reports that a diminutive middle-aged woman, name withheld by authorities, was found pinned by a Latvian teen, slumped over on patio furniture behind a small suburban home in a sleepy southern city. Apparently, following a late-night rock fest, nosy neighbors called the police. The two were discovered lying […]
Serendipity (or, Why You Need to Get Off the Island)
Need a dose of fabulosity? Get off the island. Sometimes things happen. It’s serendipity. A fortuitous occurrence. Or as I like to think of it – unexpected good stuff. But it doesn’t happen often. And it rarely happens in isolation. You’ve got to reach out, in whatever way is possible. Get off the island! With […]
Date Night, Anxiety, Vehicles, and Cherry Crush
Date night I’m going out tonight. There. I said it. I’m going out. I know, I know. Hardly the stuff of News at 11. Except when you’re no longer able to stand by 11. Then it’s news. BIG news. Because how am I ever going to pull this off? I admit that these days I […]
What drives you crazy?
Relationship deal breakers You’re on a first date. He’s polite, he’s interesting, he’s easy on the eyes. But he makes slurping noises – loudly – over potato leek soup. Deal breaker? You stumble on each other through an internet site. Your email exchange is sparkling. You speak on the phone. She rambles. In an interesting […]
Fine friends, sweet treat, terse verse
I had a lovely surprise yesterday, when Amber at Making the Moments Count gave me cupcakes! And the number 101 figured heavily… I was worried for a minute… Surely I wouldn’t have to list 101 things about myself!?! Or describe spot patterns on 101 Dalmations? Would I have to rummage the bathroom shelves for my […]
Kids say the darndest things!
Kids will be kids Care to go for a truism to start your day? In the name of world peace and global inter-connectivity? Then start with kids. And in that light, here’s my oh-so-self-evident observation, based upon 36 hours of hosting a teenager from Latvia in our hybrid little American homestead. The bad news is: […]
If you could turn back time, would you?
Would you turn back the clock if you could? Groundhog Day was on TV the other night. I only caught the end of it (I’ve seen it, um… over and over), but it made me consider what it would be like to re-frame a particular day. To “tweak” it. Perhaps a pivotal day, or perhaps […]
Colonel Mustard in the Library with a … Mop?
Help! The Latvians are coming!