Grist for the Mill

I originally titled this post: “Completely Bonehead Move with a Happy Ending…” but once the dust settled from the experience I realized that there was something to be learned, particularly if I refrained from traveling the easy path of self-judgement.

I’ve been writing a lot about my relationship to stuff and continuing to take actions to [...]

Shudda Cudda

Mid last week I began to notice a distinct queasy feeling in my belly and what came to my awareness was regret about two things that I didn’t do this past year, but Shudda.

1. I worked at a Yoga Studio for a year and DIDN’T do yoga every day, or 5 days or 4….I Cudda had [...]

The Long Hallway

There is an expression, “when one door closes another opens” to which I’ve heard added, “and sometimes you spend time in the hallway” before the other door opens.

I just distinguished a 3rd possibility; the other door is open, however I won’t be walking through it for another 6 weeks.

The newness of my adventure has worn [...]

You're So Lucky!

Let me begin by saying that I feel deeply priviledged to have the opportunity to go to India for 3 months.WOW! YEAH! YIPPEE!!! YAHOO!!! Though when people tell me “you’re so LUCKY!” I think “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”*

My preparation looks like this:

1) Finances: I’ve spent the past 6 1/2 years getting [...]

Once a Pickle, Never a Cucumber

Huh? This is an expression I’ve heard pertaining to folks who have crossed “the invisible line” from problem drinking to alcoholism. “They” say you are never cured. As I understand it, the body is physiologically different in it’s processing of alcohol. I don’t know the particulars but I do know folks who have “gotten back [...]