If you look under my In-10-tions videos, you’ll find the interview I did with Eva some time ago. We had been classmates in college, learning about various approaches to integrated and holistic healing and living. Eva discovered a deep interest in reflexology and naturopathy. Her path took her interesting places, and I delighted whenever we had the chance to catch… Read More
Just Four Musical Notes
I was having a “feeling frumpy†day. My hair kept heading off in directions known only to ancient gods and winged animals, my Spanx groaned as I pulled them up and made a snarky comment about “only being able to do so much,†and my freshly painted fingernails, barely dry, hosted multiple dings, smears, and chips. (Life lesson #76: Don’t… Read More
One Bee or Not Two Bee(s)
Why? Why do I jump into things without thinking them through? I’m going to blame my Bohemian blood unless someone can prove otherwise. The local county fair is, disturbingly, only a few weeks away. For those who choose to enter flowers, for example, it is going to be tough year. My garden calla lilies are about an inch high at… Read More
Granny Wars
When you think of a grandmotherly image do you think of a plump and jovial woman scented with cinnamon and sugar, or of an angry, competitive woman manipulating family guilt strings? In a recent advice column, a woman who loved both her mom and her step-mom raised a concerning question. The woman’s mother and stepmother were loving and kind in… Read More
Marta
The countdown begins, and the silent auction concludes.  A few folks are caught with pen in hand attempting to outbid the previous offer by a few dollars, but they are denied with gentle reprimands. My husband grins and slips a piece of paper into his pocket. For the past three years my husband has gotten me—at silent auction—a gift certificate… Read More
Seasons
In the foggy ground between lucidity and sleep, it occurred to me that human life echoes the growing and harvesting of garden tomatoes. It was an idea that twisted in my head and gave exposure to mounting grief as my father lies, with a grave prognosis, in the VA hospital. In the spring gardeners set out tomato plants and carefully… Read More
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