I am a bit wiped out. I like to think that the car can still go as fast as it used to. But self-care went the way of the fairies. This past weekend after an intense day of physical exercise using muscles that have been sitting fallow, I could not only feel the tightness [...]
It has finally happened. I joined the Tribe of Grand Parents a couple of days ago and a new brand new way of being and seeing the world opened up to me. I know, everyone says the same thing about this. But babies are so wonderful. The combination of having some idea of what to [...]
I don’t know about you but it has been some time since my girls sat up and kissed the sky. Notwithstanding the soft pear-like shape my breasts have morphed into, I can still remember when a bra was not necessary and it was not because I was flat-chested. I have been on a search for [...]
I could never fully understand my mother’s love for the Nature when I was young. She got so much pleasure from working her garden, both alone and with her sisters. It seems I have now acquired this same love for planting seeds, nurturing the earth’s composition, trying to figure out what each plant needs and [...]
I recently got an extreme case of gastroenteritis that came on without warning. I did not have a gurgling tummy. I did not feel ill. I did not have diarrhea. I sat down to eat an order of blackened tilapia, roasted potatoes and broccoli in an Applebee’s (not my choice) and began to feel sick [...]
I can think of no metaphor to accurately describe the stillness of the mountain air at higher altitudes or the combination of sheer exhilaration and fear that fills my lungs every time I ski down a mountain trail. But the picture above captures me in action. I am a woman of a certain [...]