Happy New Year! Did you make any resolutions for the new year? I haven’t made any in many, many years. Not that I don’t work on self-improvement or goals or changing habits. I just have never found making resolutions on an arbitrary date to be effective for me. I think […]
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Food photography is part of what I do. No, not my meal while dining out. At least not always. I like to take pictures while I’m cooking. In fact, I just love to take pictures. Years ago, in my jewelry making days, I took thousands of pictures of jewelry. Most […]
Happy New Year! Have you made any new year’s resolutions? Sometimes, I am rather ambivalent to the whole concept of celebrating the new year. So it’s a new year. But also, so what? And why do we make resolutions at the beginning of a new year? And that’s really what […]
It’s almost impossible to avoid stress in our world. Stressors are everywhere. Today, I’m going to reveal one thing that will reduce your stress and give you a calmer life. I first learned this from my Cardiac Surgeon. In fact, this was part of my instructions in preparation for surgery: […]
What are you thinking right now? Do you control your thoughts? Or do they control you? What is a thought? It’s been said that we have 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts per day. Which brings up a lot of questions: What defines a thought? Who counted all those thoughts? If I […]
Do you want a happy, healthy, positive life? I’m going to reveal the first and most important step to take on your journey to such a life. Seriously, who doesn’t want a happy, healthy, positive life? But is that really within your control? Too often we hear things like this: […]
In my book, Lessons of an Opening Heart, I talk about Magic DeeJay. I thought that it would be obvious what I was talking about from the context. But even my husband didn’t quite get it. And my editor, Jan, thought I must be talking about an internet radio station. […]
It is 6:55AM on Friday. It is raining and 53 degrees here in Pipe Creek, Texas. I’m warm and dry in the tiny house. I’m packing up this morning and heading home after a lovely little retreat here at Bella Green Bed & Breakfast. A lovely little B&B owned by […]
Apparently I have a magic DJ that selects the music tape that plays in my head. Sometimes, I’m not paying attention to the music in my head, and then I listen and am amazed. Today, May 22nd, 2016, the DJ was playing “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang. And it […]
I turned 60 last month. I’m still not sure I believe it, but the numbers check out every time, so it must be true. Birthdays in our house are always celebrated, especially the ‘milestone’ ones. So when my hubby, Dick, asked me where I wanted to go for my birthday […]