Three years ago this week, SSH and I started looking for our house. We knew we needed to move, as Hurricane Ike had well demonstrated the struggles our more coastal area would have with any kind of tropical storm, and
For the Love of the Game
I come from a family of people who love baseball. My grandfather is a good Italian boy from the Bronx, and so baseball was a huge part of his youth. He passed that love down to my father (and my
Board Games
Confession time. I don’t really like board games. Or card games either, for that matter. Or really, “games” in general. Not even Charades. Or Dominos. I didn’t much like them as a kid, and I still don’t much like them
What do you use for a Bookmark?
I ran across a really interesting book/website yesterday when a customer asked for it (we didn’t have a copy, sadly). Forgotten Bookmarks is a collection of things found or used as pagemarkers in old and used books. The author is
Blogging Mindfully
If I blogger deletes a post draft, can they still learn from it? One of the bits of guidance often given to new meditators, particularly those working through Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (or, like me, Mindfulness Based
Making Mandalas
Crossposted from the Deadly Divas Everyone has their own way of expressing emotion, of managing anxiety. A year or so ago, when I was digging through reviews of various fountain pens, I stumbled across a blog called Spiritual Evolution of
The Difference between Choice and Failure
Failure. Ugly word, ugly connotations, ugly mental constructs built to avoid it. I was reading an article recently about when to stop doing something, and it kind of tweaked my brain about failure versus changing your mind. From the original
The Corruption of Foodie
*Another Divas crosspost – it’s been pretty crazy around here since last Thursday, and I have houseguests until THIS Thursday, so posting will continue to be a bit scarce!* When did “foodie” become a bad word? Has it always been
The Hidden Costs
(This is kind of a rant. Apologies. I don’t really offer a lot of solutions here, because I just … well, I don’t have them. But knowing about them is a start, even if the only thing I can do
How does your garden grow?
(Another sort of kum-ba-ya post for this week. Apparently I’m in that kind of mood.) Reason #1 (which is actually a few reasons): Because it’s fun. I get to spend time outside in the sun. I get to eat fresh,