It is the day before Thanksgiving, so it’s time to start preparing for tomorrow’s feast of gratitude. I’m actually getting off easy this year. Usually, I cook the entire meal for my family. But as things turn out, my son is studying abroad and my husband is going to a family reunion Thanksgiving gathering. Up … More Preparing for Gratitude Day
A regular journaling practice is a GREAT way to increase your bliss. Don’t take it from me–just ask Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet, Taylor Swift, Barack Obama, Emma Watson, Timotheé Chalamet, Serena Williams, and dozens of other top-performing celebrities in many fields who credit journaling for supporting their success. If you would like to put the … More Join Me for a Journaling Workshop this Sunday
Sorry that it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. But best wishes to all for 2024. Every January 1, our Spiritual Center has a New Year’s Visioning session in which we receive guidance about what we are to do this year, and has an optional Vision Board Creation workshop afterward. The picture above is a quote … More I Was Struggling with Today’s January 6th, but This Gave Me Hope
Having just watched the movie Elvis, this song kept running through my head this Christmas because it was true–we definitely had a blue Christmas this year. Not blue in an unhappy way, but in a physical way..like the color your skin turns when you are cold. Our power went out shortly after lunch on Christmas … More We Had a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas…As Well as a Grinch, A Christmas Carol, and A Chrismas Story Christmas
It was another quiet walk this morning. I was anxious to visit the dayflower I had seen yesterday to see if it was true that the bloom only lasted one day. But as you can tell by comparing this morning’s photo (above) with the one I took yesterday (below) … It was true! The tiny … More Labor Day Reflection: A Holiday of Letting Go
I’m not someone who usually sleeps in on the weekends. Most Saturdays I’m up and out of the house in time to get to the Cary Downtown Farmers Market by the time it opens at 8:00 AM (insiders know the best stuff sells out quickly). I’ll often be there for a couple of hours, shopping … More Easy Like a July 4th Sunday Morning
As I read the news this morning about yesterday’s events at the US Capitol, the literature teacher in me could not help but recall the famous opening passage to Charles Dicken’s classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of … More July 23, 2022: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
We had an unusual start to the first work day in 2022––some rare North Carolina snow! It doesn’t often snow in the Triangle area, so it always seems clean and fresh and magical when it does. And this was a very convenient snow, because it didn’t start until around 11 AM (that is, not interfering … More A Fresh Start to 2022
Here in the United States, today is a rare occurrence of the first day of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah falling on the same day as the US holiday of Labor Day. Labor Day is always the first Monday in September, which falls relatively late this year since September started on a Wednesday. The Jewish … More Gratitude on a Rosh Hashanah Labor Day
You know, besides the fact that I’m alive and well and my beloved family and friends and students and spiritual community are alive and well…. On Thursday mornings, I arise early to do my weekly grocery shopping and then do an online yoga class starting at 9:30. The yoga class is now sponsored by the … More What I Am Particularly Grateful for This Morning (or Lessons of the Inch Worm)
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