The razor scraped the back of my heel and a thin trail of blood streamed down the shower drain. "Damn!" I muttered, squinting through the steam to see how bad the cut was. It was ten days...
I tried to stop taking photographs but it didn't work. Once I completed my 365 Project on December 31, 2014, I intended to give myself a break. The challenge of taking and posting a...
"Feng Shui is like acupuncture for your home, unblocking the flow of positive energy, removing negative energy, and allowing you to achieve your goals -- without using any needles." ~...
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. ~ Joshua Reynolds Welcome to Installment 3 of Feng Shui February! Clearing the clutter from my office last week transformed the...
Welcome to Installment 2 of Feng Shui February! Whether you earn big bucks working in a high rise office setting or whether you're managing life (your own and/or others') from home base...
Welcome to Installment 1 of Feng Shui February! For the next four weeks, I'll be writing about Feng Shui fixes I'm implementing to set the stage for new growth and positive energy boosts...
Have you ever heard of a damselfly? Don't worry if you haven't. The damselfly doesn't get a lot of press. Even if you've heard the word, you might have thought it was simply a female...
"[S]tated goals are quite magical. They dictate our attitudes and behavior and where we put our energy." ~ Martha Beck You may think it's a little late to be making New Year's resolutions....
What were you doing bright and early on New Year's day? Sleeping in? Cleaning up after a party? Not me. I was busy falling in love with the garbage man. There were three of them, actually,...
You know that feeling when something is tugging at your heart but you try to ignore it? An idea pops up that you've never had before--maybe you know what triggered it, maybe not--and you...
It's been a big year. I turned 50, sent my first kid to college, celebrated 20 years of marriage, drove a 30-foot RV through U.S. national parks, ran my first 10-mile race, and reached my...
Is there a right time or a wrong time to read about the death of a child? Anna Whiston-Donaldson's exquisitely crafted Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love came out several months ago. I...