Dec 30, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, Inspirational Musing, Uncategorized
Often at the beginning of yoga the teacher will talk to students about setting an intention for their practice. This is designed to help students focus their awareness and attention on a quality or virtue they want to cultivate on the mat. The thought is that by...
Dec 26, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, Inspirational Musing
Today is Boxing Day, a holiday celebrated in Great Britain and most countries that were settled by the English except the United States. Some historians believe it started back in the Middle Age when the servants who had to work on Christmas Day took the next day off....
Dec 19, 2015 | December Writing Challenge, Inspirational Musing
I don’t feel like writing today. I also don’t feel like Christmas shopping, or wrapping the few gifts I bought yesterday, or going to the grocery store, or cleaning the kitchen, or thinking about what to cook for dinner tonight, or picking up the books and papers from...
Dec 15, 2015 | Inspirational Musing, Uncategorized
I’d like to start my Christmas shopping, but don’t have any idea of what to buy anyone. I asked my kids to give me a list of what they want. My son said that’s too easy. Instead he suggested I think about what I would like him to have. The first time I asked my...
Dec 10, 2015 | Inspirational Musing
Gloria Steinem’s “The Top Ten Things I Want For Christmas” speech from a BETTY’s holiday show, recently appeared on Huffington Post. Much like the David Letterman Show, it started at her number ten wish and worked its way to the number one. When...
Dec 9, 2015 | Inspirational Musing
Last year we didn’t put up any Christmas decorations. The general mood of the season was too much for me. The music too cheery. The lights too bright. The shopping too busy. And though I participated in a few Christmas activities,...
