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The Weekly Spark:  Create a little ritual

The Weekly Spark: Create a little ritual

I love reading.  I was the girl who tried to sneak read a book on her lap during dinner.  I read while I blow dry my hair (aha!  Now you […]

Spark Your Systems: Planning for What You Need, Want, and Have to Do

Spark Your Systems: Planning for What You Need, Want, and Have to Do

There are the things we want to do and the things we have to do and, sometimes, it feels impossible to make room for both. I get that.  I’ve been […]

the weekly spark: Practice One In, One Out

If I’m not disciplined about it, I can be the queen of holding on to clothing that doesn’t suit me, doesn’t fit, isn’t my style, or doesn’t reflect who I […]

Honor What You Need

Honor What You Need

The last few Mondays have unfolded in a way that has given me heart palpitations, a little anxiety stomachache and just general non-flow. It is not that I have a […]

Our passion is our fuel.

Our passion is our fuel.

Passion. It can seem so trivial.  Like one of those things that is afforded to the lucky or the rich or the indulgent. But what I am here to tell […]

The Weekly Spark:  Decide

The Weekly Spark: Decide

You know that thing that drives you nuts about your partner?  And it is not all that important, but every time he or she does it, you think, “Seriously, why […]

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Living the List, month 2

Living the List, month 2

Since it is close to January 18th, two months after my 39th birthday, and 10 months before 40, I thought that I would take a minute to look over my […]

Hello, hello!

Hello, hello!

Last year, inspired by Tami of  Teacher Goes Back to School, I hosted a little mixer on the blog.  A mixer, you say.  What is that?  You remember those get […]

Answering your own SOS call

Answering your own SOS call

When I was a little girl, a grey, cold rainy day would find me in the nurse’s office at school. I am not sure what it was about the rain […]