Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
Then a couple of years ago, I accidentally (Honest! I am way too timid to insert myself into someone’s life), instant messaged her on Facebook, and she responded! I told her about her part in my Tibet experience. She, in turn, shared with me that she had found her true love who she was about to marry. She now lives her… Read More
“I couldn’t fit any more vegetables in my basket. I guess you could say there wasn’t mushroom.” source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/foodjokes/mushroomjokes.html “Would you like a glass of chaga water?” my friend, Dee Kotaska asked. Chaga? I had no idea what that was. Fancy imported fizzy water? The latest health drink? A new brand of flavored water? “Um, sure,” I said, but wasn’t… Read More
There’ll be two dates on your tombstone, and all your friends will read ’em but all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ’em. ~ Kevin Welch A woman, shoulders hunched against the persistent March wind, gazed at the marble headstone before her. Head bowed, she seemed to be in meditation or reliving memories. I felt, no… Read More
Of late I miss the kind of laughter that rips through me until it hurts. It’s a glorious kind of hurt… and healing. I am currently reading a book titled Laugh Your Way To Happiness: Use the Science of Laughter for Total Well-being, by Lesley Lyle. In the book I found this story and wanted to share it with you: Navajo… Read More
app-dancing-poster-ltr-front On April 20th my dear friend and photography mentor, Dee Kotaska, and I will have the opening of our iPhone App-enhanced photography gallery. And although the poster photo is racy, the intention was a play on words…” App dancing,” along with enough intrigue to get you to come and take a look! Dee has won awards and hearts with her… Read More
Passages: AKA Where The Heck Does Time Go? “I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to where the pulse lies. And this personal time, which is the true time, is measured in your relationship to memory.” ― Julian Barnes My brother, my big… Read More
Each month I “ambush” a woman I feel exemplifies creativity, kindness, and vibrancy. A woman blazing trails in the second half of life. Mary Ann Jindra, who along with her husband, John, owns Gustaf’s Galleries in Lindstrom, MN, exudes all of those traits and more. I met her recently while in the hunt for a person who could print and frame a… Read More
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done the day after tomorrow just as well.” ― Mark Twain Phases. There was the one where I tried drinking a glass of water before each meal. The one where I had an oddly shaped device that would assist in my kegel exercises. (Yeah, yeah.. don’t go there.) The… Read More
“I’ve been thinking I might want to start a blog…where do I start?” That is a question I’ve heard often over the years. I started my blog in 2011. To say I was clueless is like saying Mt. Everest is a rather large-ish hill. And while I still feel I have barely scratched the blogging surface, I keep plugging… Read More
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