My friend, Rick Dale’s mother died this morning. He got the call at 4A.M. that he should come, she wasn’t doing well. He had to get a flight from Maine to Pennsylvania. When he got into Philly, he got the news that she had died. Going through security he did all the shoe business, and … Continue reading The Kindness of TSA Agents
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Spooky Stuff
Do you know where you were, what you were doing, thinking and feeling on this day last year? How about on this day 5 years ago? How about 10 years ago (1998)? 20 years ago (1988)? I do. I know exactly what I was doing thinking and feeling on October 21st 2008, 2004, 1999, and … Continue reading Spooky Stuff
Interview with Steven Pressfield, Author of “The War of Art”
How this interview came to be. I first became aware of the existence of The War of Art while listening to an Accidental Creative podcast in which Todd Henry, the moderator, said it was one of the best books he had ever read about keeping creatively juicy. I bought it, read it, and freaked. It’s … Continue reading Interview with Steven Pressfield, Author of “The War of Art”
100 Recipes #4 Fail
People always assume I’m a vegetarian because I teach yoga. But I’m not. I was a vegetarian for many years (maybe 10?) but when I was a vegetarian my diet was pretty crappy. Yeah, I didn’t eat meat, but I also didn’t eat well. My diet had a lot of dairy. Cheese mainly. Cheese dishes … Continue reading 100 Recipes #4 Fail
Why I Wake Early (pace Mary Oliver)
My day starts at 4:30 AM. Yeah, it’s early, but not if I get to bed by 7:30 (along with all the other 3 year-olds). But I don’t. I stay up. I watch crap on TV (that I truly enjoy) or I read (just finished Trust Agents by Chris Brogan of crisbrogan.com (awesome book!) until … Continue reading Why I Wake Early (pace Mary Oliver)
100 Recipes #3 Fail
I tried a new recipe yesterday, something I taste-tested on Saturday at Wegman’s at one of those stations where they give out samples. It was a warm pasta salad with butternut squash, escarole, whole wheat fusili and lots of other yummy ingredients. Perfect! I took the recipe card and bought all the ingredients. The card … Continue reading 100 Recipes #3 Fail
A Waste of Good Poster Board
On Sunday I drove through town and there were abortion protesters at the intersection of 6 &15. Kids. Teenagers mostly. Waving handmade signs with incendiary slogans about how abortion is murder, etc. etc. Since it was Sunday, I figured they had probably gotten all worked up into a lather at Sunday School, decided to DO … Continue reading A Waste of Good Poster Board
Prime Time
Everyone has their “prime time.” Mine is before lunch. It’s my best (really my only) truly creative time. After lunch? I am toast, done, finished. And after dinner? Really bad. Catatonic almost. But it’s often after dinner that I write these posts. Today I had a rockin’ day with my journal and my pen, a … Continue reading Prime Time
Nothing Runs Like A Deer(e)
Except maybe me, through the woods. Today I did the Ives Run Trail Challenge (4 miles) which, after last weekend’s Dam Half Marathon (13 miles) should have felt like a cakewalk, but didn’t. It’s weird. This is how my mind works: If I know it’s a 13 mile run, I get tired at mile 11. … Continue reading Nothing Runs Like A Deer(e)
100 New Recipes, #2
I took out the slow cooker today. (Must be fall, huh?) Tonight I needed to rush home from yoga and be finished eating by 7 PM because tomorrow I am having the Community Diagnostic Blood Analysis done. For a mere $49 I will allow a fledgling phlebotomist to poke me about 17 times in the … Continue reading 100 New Recipes, #2
Inspiration Location 