Have a Seat. Stretch Out.
I was walking along the river one day this week, anxious to get to the bench where I usually take a break at the one-mile mark. It’s in the sunshine and faces the river where fishing boats saunter by and…
Cathay
Bookstores Making a Resurgence
Have you been to a bookstore lately? I’ve been to three new ones this month, four if you include the mobile bookstore Rae’s Reads. It’s pretty exciting. For a long time it seems that most bookstores had closed, there were…
I’m in My Element
I’m 72 years old and number 72 on the periodic element table is Hafnium (Hf). I’d never heard of it, so I looked it up and read that it’s a lustrous, shiny, silvery metal that resists corrosion. I like it!…
Empowerment: It’s an Inside Job, Part 3
This is post #3 in the series about how you can support someone in finding their power, since it isn’t something you can give to another person. First was to see them as someone who is empowered. Second was to…
Empowerment: It’s an Inside Job, Part 2
In my last post I stated that you cannot empower anyone; that their power must come from inside themselves. Then I shared that there are three things you can do to support their reaching their power. The first was to…
2026 – Progressing Well!
It’s late July. We’re past the halfway mark on another year, and I was just debating whether or not to look back at the goals I wrote in January. Don’t want to discourage myself if there’s been no or little…
L.A. Community & Connections
What was that I said about reaching out to someone last week? Well, I’ve taken the advice myself and this week I got to connect with a lot of people. I’m visiting in L.A. after being away 3 – 4…
Reach Out to Someone
Ah oh. I think I’ve about run out of things to say, stories to tell, blogs to post. Yet at the same time, I know I do have more to write. I’m not done. Hmmm. So let me say simply,…
A Father’s Day Story
Today is Father’s Day in the United States. In honor of that, I’ve decided to share a story about my father and me. It’s quite personal and I don’t believe I’ve ever shared it before. Growing up, I don’t recall…
The Pleasure of Reading a Book
This week I watched The Answer Man, an old movie from 2009. In one scene a bookstore owner is talking about why he loves his bookstore. He is so moved by how the authors shared something in writing for others…