So I started on my room yesterday. I thought I was going to go up and just empty the room and then put back only the things I wanted in there. Trouble was, I didn't have room for the stuff that had to come out. I mean, yeah, I had room if I was willing … Continue reading Journaling as an Apprenticeship for Blogging
Author: Kath Thompson
Writer, yoga teacher, lover of sunny days, long walks, good coffee, and stimulating conversations.
Because Blogging is Less Painful than Cleaning.
I am going to start cleaning my room today. Which is why I am writing here. After thousands of days of not writing here. There is nothing like the prospect of encountering the complicated clutter of my room to get my blogging fingers moving again. Yeah, Resistance Monster. I am taking off one of your … Continue reading Because Blogging is Less Painful than Cleaning.
10 Things I Am Loving Right Now
NOW I'm happy again. The weather has turned beautiful and all my worries about "Will the flowers ever bloom again?" have been assuaged. People, the flowers are blooming! Got $100 worth of annuals to plant (after Memorial Day). I am sleeping with the window open at night. The dog went wading in the creek. I … Continue reading 10 Things I Am Loving Right Now
I Never Know What to Write About
The question of the moment is: Should I sit here and continue to eat refined carbohydrates and drink coffee, or go to Wegmans for green juice supplies? OR: Should I stop eating refined carbohydrates and go up and meditate first, and then go to Wegmans for green juice supplies? OR: Should I put on a … Continue reading I Never Know What to Write About
Day 1 of the Yoga Challenge
This winter I was on pain-killers, and I got addicted to them. I hated taking them but I needed them to deal with the pain after my wrist surgery. I hated that I needed them. One day, I decided: Fuck it. I am not taking these things that make me feel like crap. So I … Continue reading Day 1 of the Yoga Challenge
Obie Brenny
What's amping my vibe at the moment? This little guy:Obie Brenny.All swaddled up on his way home from the hospital.He is all I can think about. My new, (and first!) grandchild.He was born on March 25th. That sweater he's wearing is the same one his mother wore on her way home from the hospital.The only downside … Continue reading Obie Brenny
Just for the month of April
In the month of April I run a "Yoga Challenge" at my studio, Main Street Yoga. It's a "30 Days for $30" yoga extravaganza. I run 3 classes a day Monday through Thursday, and 2 classes a day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 70 people are signed up this year and it's intense, let me tell … Continue reading Just for the month of April
A Book Snob Finds Love On the Bestseller List
This year I set a goal to read a book a month, which seems pretty wimpy considering that I used to read a book a week in my college and grad school years. But the thing about reading now, as opposed to then, is that now I am reading for me, for my own edification, … Continue reading A Book Snob Finds Love On the Bestseller List
Strengthening the Love Container
People sometimes break down in yoga class. They fall apart. They shatter. It doesn't happen a lot, but it happens regularly enough so that I have to be prepared for it. When people shatter, it's usually because their "container" isn’t strong enough to hold whatever emotion detonated within them. They don’t see it coming. They … Continue reading Strengthening the Love Container
Another Trip Around The Sun
Yesterday was my 60th birthday, and I am here to report that after years of searching, I believe I may have finally hit upon a way of thinking about aging that doesn’t make my insides curdle, and find me staring at the ceiling in a cold sweat in the middle of the night. I think … Continue reading Another Trip Around The Sun
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