The robins are back. The redwing blackbirds returned today. But there is still snow on the ground, and I am still wearing my down coat, and down gloves, and a wool hat. The temps are not going above 40 degrees for the foreseeable future. The lake is still frozen. Everyone is talking about it. Everyone … Continue reading The Top 10 Reasons I Am Grateful It Is Still Winter in March
Month: March 2015
The First Day of Spring
Today it snowed. Two inches of heavy wet snow on this astronomical “first day of spring.” I got up, made coffee and raisin toast, filled the bird feeders, then headed up to my cozy lair, turned on the space heater and settled in for a long write. Yesterday a book I had ordered called, To … Continue reading The First Day of Spring
What I Don’t Love About Yoga
I don’t love all the emphasis on postures and doing postures perfectly. I don’t love the obsession with achieving the “aesthetic” goals of yoga: The high arching backbends, the Yoga-Journal-perfect expression of Side Crow. I realize there are also functional goals in yoga, like being able to balance, or getting stronger or more flexible, but … Continue reading What I Don’t Love About Yoga
The Art of the Conversation
Today I spent a bunch of hours talking to one of the best conversationalists I know, Tim Schlitzer. I am actually really lucky because I know so many people who have taken the dialogue to an art form. Zee Zahava is a pure master and a virtuoso, as is Anthony David Adams. Here is what … Continue reading The Art of the Conversation
Becoming Unglued
When people ask me what I do, I don’t always like to say I am a yoga teacher. I never know how “yoga teacher” is going to land for people, or what they picture yoga teachers look like, or what they do. Sometimes I try to describe what I do without saying the word “yoga.” … Continue reading Becoming Unglued
My Ideal Reader
My ideal reader wants to learn about how other people manage to live meaningful lives in the world, and also find time for introspection and solitude. My ideal reader can sustain periods of introspection without going bonkers. My ideal reader needs more time to read and think and be in nature. My ideal reader wants … Continue reading My Ideal Reader
Pathagon
Yesterday I bought a new game for us at the kid toy store. It’s called Pathagon, (which I keep calling “Pathogen.”) It is a strategy game in which you try to build a path from one end of the board to the other as your opponent tries to block you. It’s not as complicated as … Continue reading Pathagon
The Importance of Conversation and Connection
I am a shitty friend. I tend to neglect friendships by not keeping up, or arranging lunches or emailing regularly. I don't know why I do this, but I do. When I was a kid, and people would compliment my mother on how good her children were, her stock response was, "They thrive on neglect." … Continue reading The Importance of Conversation and Connection
Blogging to Failure
G is coming home tonight. They dropped the last 2 games. The night before the games she said on the phone, “We need to split.” Then they didn’t. They lost both. (I don’t know what “need” means in this context.) It doesn’t matter. What I want to tell her is that I am envious of … Continue reading Blogging to Failure
I Do Not Love Writing
I do not love writing. I love having written. Writing is something I resist with every molecule of my being. And because I resist it so fiercely, I know this is what I need to do. Because one of the things I really believe is that my resistance to writing represents my fear. My fear … Continue reading I Do Not Love Writing
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