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Savoring the day

Savoring the day

One of my favorite writers is Anne Lamott.  I discovered her in my 20s because a friend purchased Lamott’s novel Rosie for me.  But I fell in love with her […]

The Luckiest

The Luckiest

For years, the little cottage that is now ours was on my running route.  And because I run fairly slowly, I could memorize every detail of the house as I trotted […]

The Wheel of Life

The Wheel of Life

One of the best gifts I have ever been given is the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.  One of my college roommates and dearest friends gave it to me as […]

A Giveaway: The New Latina’s Bible

UPDATE:  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THE DRAWING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MARYSOL FOR WINNING THE BOOK!  I am so excited to host a giveaway here today and, no, you […]

this moment

this moment

    A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

The menagerie.  Penelope? The zebra on the right.

Random bits

Bit # 1 Happy told his first lie. The other day, I had put Happy down for his nap but could hear him chanting for his froggies.  Happy sleeps with […]

What do you need right now more than anything else?

What do you need right now more than anything else?

  When I teach journaling workshops, I often give participants a series of prompts that I call Three Small Questions.  The catch is that they aren’t small questions at all.  […]

From Love Your Body Day 2008

Stopping Negative Self-Talk

  Too many of us do it: berate and belittle ourselves until what’s left is simply defeat.  Eradicating negative self-talk (from I’m fat to I’m not loveable, from I’m incompetent […]

Girl Power Camp!

Have your daughter, niece, granddaughter, or young friend join  me and equine assisted learning specialists, Kris Batchelor and Morgan Ridenhour, for a special week of horsemanship and leadership. Activities will […]

Trying to Right a Wrong

Trying to Right a Wrong

“I’m heavy.”  This from the little boy in the backseat.  The two year old.  “What?”  I ask, my voice a bit frantic.   And so BF and I do what we […]