When it comes to yoga, I'm a cranker, a churner, a go-hard-or-go-home-er. When I am led by my teacher, especially, I will hold onto my edges in a pose with my teeth and my toenails until I feel myself practically ripped apart. When I practice alone, I can't drive myself to quite that level of … Continue reading Home Yoga Practice
Feeling My Mettle
The other night I led Bakasana (Crow) prep poses, but when we got to the actual POSE, I really couldn't hold it for very long. Two of my younger, more bendy students were rocking it though, and even trying advanced variations. I was trying to help them achieve some of these variations, but I couldn't … Continue reading Feeling My Mettle
Crazy Town
This was the view this morning from Grant Science Center about 8 AM. I was walking Boomer this morning, which I never do, because G usually walks Boo in the morning, but this morning she was boarding the bus to Crazy Town, so I found myself trotting the Corgi through the sleepy campus as the … Continue reading Crazy Town
Waiting for the blackbirds
Every day that my "Boomer Walk" takes me up Cardiac, I admire, and stand awestruck by this massive oak. Today someone I follow on Facebook posted that she saw red-winged blackbirds for the first time this spring. I get more excited for the blackbirds than I do the robins, I think. The male redwings come … Continue reading Waiting for the blackbirds
Lent, Mallo Cups, and the Resistance Monster
Raise your hand if you ever gave up candy for Lent. (My hand did not go up.) But even still, I always find myself craving Mallo Cups this time of year because every kid in my Catholic school gave up candy for Lent. And Mallo Cups were the big Lenten sacrifice. We were told we should give … Continue reading Lent, Mallo Cups, and the Resistance Monster
De-Cluttering
If I could find my camera I would take a picture of my room. This room. Where I am sitting now, and where I sit and write every morning. But I can't find my camera because it is buried under a tsuanmi of papers and other crappola on my dainty little Lady's Desk, which is … Continue reading De-Cluttering
Ice Skating
On Saturday we went ice skating. It didn't seem like ice skating weather at all--in the 40s, and sunny, but hell, it was January, afterall. January: The Ice Skating Month, am I right? We called the rink to make sure there was...ice, and there was, so we went. The rink was filled with kids, lots … Continue reading Ice Skating
17 Things I Need To Be Happy
I've been obsessed with Pinterest lately. It's making me aware of things I like, things that make me happy, and places I would love to visit. But mostly, Pinterest has been making me think of things. Except that it's not things that make me happy. Mostly what makes me happy are when "conditions" are right. … Continue reading 17 Things I Need To Be Happy
What I Had For Lunch
So nice to have the house back to normal. No more snowman placemats, no more holiday tchotchkes draping everything. Back to zen austerity.
2012 Reading List
Today I gathered together the books I intend to read this year and amassed them next to my winterized Space Chair for this photo-op. It's a good list, I think, but a long one. (Vishuda is my gargoyle hand puppet, in case you were wondering.) I have had these books in my possession for a … Continue reading 2012 Reading List
Inspiration Location 