For those readers not familiar with Feng Shui, here's an introduction by Carol M. Olmstead, FSAI, Feng Shui Master Practitioner, Feng Shui For Real Life. Thanks for being a guest blogger,...
Introduction to Feng Shui
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Yes, They’re Fake, But the Real Ones Were Killing Me
For those of you at my high school reunion who wondered if I had had "work done," the answer is yes. Here's just a little of that story… Sitting on the plastic surgeon’s exam table in my...
Even More Grateful
In yesterday's post, I mentioned off-handedly that flying makes me sick. It's genetic. My sisters and I once compared notes on all the public places where we've emptied our insides...
Flying Back to My Roots
"Some people feel more alive when they travel and visit unfamiliar places or foreign countries because at those times sense perception--experiencing--takes up more of their consciousness...
My Mother’s Beach Raking Musings
I asked my mother if I could use an email comment from her as a guest blog. It's a beautiful memory that adds another layer to the "raking the sand" discussion. Thanks, Mom! Guest Post...
Raking the Sand — Literally
"Learn to accept the possibility that the universe is helping you with what you are doing." Julie Cameron, The Artist's Way Just when I was wishing I knew somebody familiar with my blog...
Seizure Day
"There are no problems; there are only situations." Eckhart Tolle Spirit, my 11-year-old yellow lab/golden retriever mix, did me a favor yesterday. He waited until 5:45 am to have his...
Unwanted Exposure
See the little frog in the picture here? He didn't ask me to, but I exposed him to the world when I opened my patio umbrella today. I seem to be doing that a lot this week --...
I Dare You
"Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt I am new to this wild world of social media. I had a Facebook site, but rarely used it. I don't like to be a slave to the...
Zigzag Mama
All of us have our "Ah ha" moments, those events that serve as exclamation points over the span of our personal histories. In my motherhood journey, my first really big "Ah ha" happened...
Pushing My Limits
This morning I spent an hour trying to figure out how to link my blog to my heretofore little used Facebook page. I stumbled blindly through plug-ins and widgets and may have managed to...
Creative Clutter
My house is back in order--the bowl of rooms always does the trick. I got back to the gym after my blog-birthing hiatus, and that pushed me closer to feeling like myself again (running...