Sitting Down In Bikram (An Experiment)

Today was my first Bikram class in well over a week, due to being in Boston last week. I attended the morning class with all my yoga buddies. A favorite of mine was teaching and the room was perfect. Perfect teacher, perfect room, perfect that my friends were all around me – the only thing . . . → Read More: Sitting Down In Bikram (An Experiment)

Remind Me

This is the photo of the suspect after he placed the backpack bomb beside Martin and his family. After all is said and done and prayed for and captured, there is still a lot of inner processing left in the aftermath to do. This photo smacked me hard – harder than all the rest . . . → Read More: Remind Me

A Soft Landing

This morning I woke up lying in the aftermath of my week in Boston. A week that I could never, even in my writer’s imagination, have imagined. I needed to keep my lens, through which I focus the week’s happenings, adjusted properly. I knew today was going to be a day of coming down, coming . . . → Read More: A Soft Landing

Gaining Perspective – Day 2

This morning I got up and set to work going out to do what I needed to do today along with all the other Bostonians all around me. A friend of mine wrote a blog entitled Finding Perspective that I read just before leaving the house. Not being up here in the city or being . . . → Read More: Gaining Perspective – Day 2

Choose – You Can

I just got home from my Cape Cod Children’s Writers critique group. Since I’m not writing right now because I’m illustrating, I didn’t bring a piece to share. I brought some of my artwork for the book I’m working on, shared that and sat back to listen carefully to the readings of the night.

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The Beauty Shines Through!

In regard to last night’s beautiful Bikram disaster (yesterday’s post), I have to say I found the beauty of that disastrous class when I woke up this morning. I woke up in a great frame of mind with lots of energy. It was fit club day and I couldn’t wait to get there.

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5 Days & A Beautiful Disaster

I have a cool pink T-shirt that says “Beautiful Disaster” on it. Every time I wear it I always think how could a disaster be beautiful? Today I found out.

You know how it is with exercise – maybe today, maybe tomorrow, consistency wains. For the last two and half years I have knocked . . . → Read More: 5 Days & A Beautiful Disaster

The Lights Of Our Days

“To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” ~ Mother Teresa

When I first read this quote my mind flitted to the word “replenish”. What do I need to replenish everyday? I need to replenish my mind, my body and my spirit. My mind needs the stimulation of new ideas. . . . → Read More: The Lights Of Our Days

A Rare Day

Today’s message from the universe was one of simplicity. My NY daughter and I rarely get to spend a day together here in NY. Today she had to shop for a complete outfit to wear to a wedding next weekend and she asked me to go along. Finding a dress and shoes and jewelry was . . . → Read More: A Rare Day

More & More & More Letting Go

Eleven years ago I fell in love with a car. I’ll never forget that day. I had the first Honda CRV that came out and I brought it down for a service. It was the only SUV I ever had. I always drove Accords. I hated that “truck”, as I called it. That day, in . . . → Read More: More & More & More Letting Go