Never forget your magic. Never forget you’re magic. Pandora was the first woman on Earth, created by Zeus. She was endowed by the Gods, graced with beauty and an inquisitive mind. Zeus bestowed upon her a box, instructing her to never open it. But humans are curious by nature, so she peeked inside. […]
Wayfinding is the cognitive and corporeal process and experience of locating, following, or discovering a route through and to a given space. ~Dr Paul Symonds We spent two weeks in Puglia, Italy last summer. Since our rented trullo (a conical cottage that looks like a place where a Hobbit might reside) had WIFI, we didn’t […]
My word of the year for 2024 is make. The word make means to bring into existence or to give meaning to. The term was first used nautically, meaning to arrive (as in, we can make it to the next shore in six days). It’s a beautiful term and encompasses many nuanced, layered emotional states. […]
Throw everything out of your mind…read a little, sleep. The world will still be here when you wake up, and there’ll still be everything left to do. ~James Baldwin A recent sleep study (Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023) suggests that while humans do not actually hibernate, we do need more sleep during the colder months, […]
Every major holiday has its classic color scheme. Valentine’s Day is red and pink. Easter is pastel colors. Halloween is orange and black. Thanksgiving is Earth tones. And for hundreds of years, red and green have been the traditional colors of Christmas. I don’t personally like the red and green combo. Because I’m red/green colorblind, […]
(Disclaimer: I asked and received full permission from my daughter to share this. I am eternally amazed by her courage). It was Thursday, April 9, 2021, the eve of my daughter’s sixteenth birthday. Izzie was struggling mightily with her mental health; we hadn’t yet got the correct diagnosis or medication. It would come soon, and […]
