Tag Archives: Health and Wellness

I Would Give Up a Lung

The assignment was for each team of two to research their assigned organ and give an oral report. This announcement promptly caused my first panic attack, I was in 6th grade. Elyse Pector and I researched and wrote our report … Continue reading

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The Cover of the NY Times

A month or two ago I was having a conversation with a friend who was trying to figure out how they felt about something they had done: were they ashamed or, was it indeed no big deal? The event was … Continue reading

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The Tugboat Follies

A few weeks ago my fabulous sidekick Ms. Marsue asked me what my new blog was about. She didn’t ask me to summarize it. But I felt the need and was unable to do it. I couldn’t not add all … Continue reading

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The hair of my enemy

I like change; I crave change yet I find it uncomfortable. This conundrum can make for lots of good things in terms of discovery, and lots of ‘what were you thinking” in terms of hairstyles.  To begin with I have … Continue reading

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Alexi doesn’t live here anymore

There are times when I move from one thing, to another at a very rapid state without processing what I have learned or felt. When I do this for too many days I can feel drained.  When I push past … Continue reading

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Doing more with less

In the course of twelve hours I had three conversations with three different people about control or the lack there of. During each conversation all the people uttered the phrase “I have to let it go” as in they had … Continue reading

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The Consultation

Dear Our Lady of the Perpetual Short Attention Span I am praying to you for help and Oh look a humming bird guidance

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Martha Graham, Master Oogway and me

I had dinner with a writer friend the other night and one of the many things we talked about was, you guessed it, writing. We have very different styles, approaches, voices, methods, you name it but each of us has … Continue reading

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The circle of write

I see circles everywhere, completions, chickens coming home to roost and then interviewing with them. Sigh, that made more sense in my head, let me see if I can make sense of this for both of us. This past weekend … Continue reading

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Put down the gun?

A few weeks ago a very learned friend told me a story that has stuck with me and I would like to share it. Years ago she was part of a spiritual/therapeutic type group that met regularly to work together; … Continue reading

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