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…
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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!…
It’s All About the People
Today was my first day of a two-day Holistic Fair in Clarkston, WA. I have a booth from which I sell my books (there’s four of them now), some greeting cards, some decks of inspiration cards, and I invite people…
I Don’t Do Boxes
I recently watched a child climb into a box, snug and tight, smiling with glee. I’ve seen that many times. What is it with children and boxes? I remember my own childhood experience—feeling warmth and security, tucked into a box.…
Why I Like Vision Boards
This week I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts: The School of Greatness with Lewis Howe. I always feel uplifted and encouraged when I listen to him and his guests. And, quite often, what I hear is quite…
It’s About Relationships
I’m thinking about relationships. People I have known. Some for many years, some for only a short while. I began thinking about them when someone I know retired this week and in her farewell message she reminded us that our…
Why Can’t I Get Motivated?
Someone asked me this question a few weeks ago: Why can’t I get motivated? She’s not the first person who’s asked this, and I’ve asked it a few times myself. Sometimes we’re going along, following our passion and feeling excited…
Small Steps, Big Changes
There’s something nice about change. Sometimes it’s because it makes us more aware of what it is we’re changing from and more intentional about what we’re changing to. Kind of a mindfulness thing. My current change is to move my…
Let’s Talk Artificial Intelligence
I hear talk about AI everywhere I turn these days. Like it or not, it’s here with us. Here are some of my thoughts on it which I shared on the podcast The Quill and the Quantum with author and…