Any book with “Rebel” in the title makes me want to give it a chance. When I write about books that I love, I tend to infuse a lot of my personal life that might make you roll your eyes. So, to save ticking minutes, you may want to skip my meanderings and read a…
Category Archives: Mind-Body
Reflections on Spirituality, Science, and Nature
Greetings All, On the cusp of the new year, I’d like to send my heartfelt gratitude for your presence in 2010. I’ve had such rich experiences and met so many wonderful people in 2010, my heart is swelling with gratitude and love. Thank you. I am closing comments for this post, but I invite you…
The Way I See It…
(Reading Time ~ 6 minutes. Photo credit Ola Wiberg ~ Powe via Creative Commons license) “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson While discussing life with a friend recently, she encouraged me to write this post with the thought that you may be inspired…
Getting Personal: Evolving Wellness
Hello and g’day! Today I’m keeping this post short and sweet because I’m hanging out with Evita Ochel in a lounge chair over at one of her sites: Evolving Wellness. Evita also writes for and produces Evolving Scenes and Evolving Beings; I adore all three sites and I suggest you check them out if you…
Climb Into Your Rocket Ship
{reading time ~ 3 minutes} Listening to an interview with Philip Roth on NPR’s Fresh Air the other day, I felt struck by lightening regarding a particular comment he made. (To better frame the comment, Mr. Roth is 77-years old.) I’m paraphrasing, but he said something like this: Sure, I’m a better writer than I…
A Tuesday Tour of Greats: Naturalist Photography, Christopher Foster, and The War of Art
{reading time ~ 5 min} I want to introduce you to greatness today. Please follow me as I guide you through each room, have a look around, enjoy the view, and please visit these abodes if you decide if you’d like a copy for your own home. Apologies for the lingo, but I actually used…
Three tips for writing, loving, meeting mermaids, and more
{Reading time: ~6 minutes} Having been named one the top ten personal development blogs by someone I admire, Annabel Candy of Get in the Hot Spot (thanks Annabel!), I suppose it’s time I acknowledge that many of my posts could fall into the personal development space. I blog about writing, creativity, fitness, wellness, storytelling, leadership,…
NaNoWriMo ~ You In? Six Points to Consider
{Reading time ~ 5 minutes} It’s that time of year to get your NaNoWriMo mojo brewing. National Novel Writing Month is an adventure in writing a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Having jumped in the jungle gym of the funtivities last year, and finished with a 50,000-word manuscript, I can say the…
Naked in Eden ~ Breathing Change
Can someone please help me find my socks? They’ve been blown off my feet. My post today has two parts, a introduction to a very special author and her book, and a meet-n-greet with two women breathing change—while walking the walk. I couldn’t help but to spend time today glowing about these women. (Does the…