The other week I started a puzzle: a beautiful landscape scene of a river between mountains under a clear blue sky. It’s the type of landscape I love and the type of place I’d like to visit. It’s been years since I’ve worked on a puzzle. Too many years to…
Last month I wrote about enjoying small, simple pleasures in life, like the warmth from a good cup of coffee. I’d originally planned to write about gratitude this month, in line with the US Thanksgiving holiday, but the other week as I explored a new-to-me city, I heard church bells…
Happy New Year! For me, the holidays happened so quickly this year. Maybe it was because I was a little late finally decorating my tree so that it wasn’t up as long? Or maybe because I’m kind of excited about 2019? I have some trips planned and tentatively planned, workshops…
2017 was a busy year – a great one – but busy. There were some things I thought I might do – like taking a tango class again – and didn’t, but then also some amazing things I did do – like yoga teacher training – that I first thought…
I apparently have a difficult time relaxing. Or so this thought came to me while on vacation to Jamaica last month. Take the first full day I had on the beach as an example. I, being an early riser, woke up early and wandered around our resort for a bit.…
Last weekend the images and the news commentary relaying the effects of Hurricane Harvey was difficult to watch. But I continued to follow the events each day and learn more and more about happened to our fellow cities on the Gulf. What has come from that – an outpouring of…