Spent the bulk of the day creating a TREASURE MAP (per Susan’s suggestion) that would help me refocus on all that’s working well. I may not have an enneagram type, but I definitely am the sort who is often 99% focused on the 1% that isn’t working.  Not in annnoying way to others –– like w...

Amazing Friday afternoon at the beach listening to the Emperor Concerto (Brendel & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) while Belle threw her heart and soul into fetch. Strangely this VERY X-Files dude in a black trench coat was watching something mysterious and Italian being filmed as well.  I mean, WHAT i...

Yesterday was Belle’s birthday.  A lady never tells her age and I will not divulge Belle’s, but without losing an ounce of Puppy Enthusiasm, she now blends Soulful Maturity and Enduring Grace into her awesome mix of virtues. Although not officially her party, last night was the opening bash for...

Spent the afternoon in a momentary tizzy over being censored. Had posted “something” “somewhere”  that I thought “someone” had deleted –– and then the next day (right before I called the ACLU and Alan Dershowitz) –– I discovered that I was … (drumroll) … WRON...

I really love this picture of Belle I look last night. Every night while staying in the Magic Cottage, I lift my 75 pound pup up to the loft bed we share.  And 90% of the time she immediately positions herself central in the bed so there’s no room for me. I don’t take this personally. Instead, ...

I am perpetually baffled by Hindu deities.  My dear friend Bryn, however, seems to be on an intimate, first-name bases with them.  Seriously –– it’s like Krishna and Shiva are friends she could call to help her move. I do, however, like this thought (one which seems to be my entire theme for the mont...

More and more I turn to my baristas for the really important life questions. Yesterday, Jared — who has mastered the ice coffee formula at Acre — when asked if he thought it might be a coincidence that my battery hasn’t turned over only three times when others have moved my car replied, &...

John Ashbery was born on my father’s birthday (same day, same year) I learned when I looked up “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror” today. Densely intellectual, amazing lines like: “The soul has to stay where it is, Even though restless, hearing raindrops at the pane, The sighing of a...

Have been feeling great paradox yesterday –– can one more AMAZING and totally life-changing career thing possibly happen while at the same time I seem unable to succeed at creating and/or implementing a functional survival plan –– but raced to teach my 12:30 Lotus class. Having only 10 minutes before class...