I was walking with my dog Edison the other day and we came upon a little bird. I don’t know what it was, one of those little guys with fluttery wings, like a hummingbird or something. Anyway, while Edison enjoyed some grass nearby I watched the bird as it picked up a stick in its beak. The stick was easily…
“Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.” — Yoko Ono I was hanging out before yoga class last weekend with my friend Betty and, as we often do, we were laughing. We almost always find something to laugh about when we are together , except this one time we ran out of water with…
“The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter!” — Jen Selinsky I had a few errands to run today so I left work a bit early. As I stepped outside the building for the first time all day, I caught my breath. It was warm! And…
I was in a meeting today and the subject of child car seats came up. We had a long discussion about car seat installers, not using previously owned car seats, and liability issues related to improperly installed car seats. “I’ve heard that 80% of all car seats are installed incorrectly,” one of my coworkers said. I was astounded. Don’t you…
Yesterday my city woke up to about an inch of snow – and a lot of black ice. Schools were canceled, buses were on snow routes, and the newscasters were gleefully running a continuous loop of cars sliding sideways on streets and crashing into things. If you live some place that actually has winter and snow plows it’s hard to…
I was student teaching part of a yoga class today (I know! I’m super excited about that too!) and was leading my fellow yogis through some sun salutations. There were some beginners in the class, and I’m also just learning to be a teacher and how to explain poses, so I broke down the flow of poses into segments and…
I’m going to say something that may surprise you: you are perfect just the way you are. Yes, YOU. You are perfect the way you are right now. And so am I. It doesn’t matter if your thighs jiggle or your hair is frizzy or you eat donuts for dinner or you’re cranky until you have coffee or you can’t…
“I can’t sleep any more. It’s too much like death.” — Cosmo Castorini in “Moonstruck” When’s the last time you replaced your pillows or bought new sheets? I was in bed the other night, tossing and turning, when I had the sudden urge to use the restroom. Apparently when you hit your 50s, your night become an…
I’ve never been big on holidays, especially Christmas. Too much drama, too much expectation, too much disappointment. But once in my life, many years ago, I had the perfect Christmas, without doing Christmas at all. “What are you doing for Christmas?” my friend Iron Man asked me earlier in the week. “Nothing.” I answered. “No one’s around this year.” I…
“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” –Christopher Robin Today in yoga class our dharma talk was on the subject of faith. “Like some of you, I had a visceral reaction when I heard that was the topic of the month at the studio,” the instructor said. …
