This morning I listened to my new anti mantra Mantra (first time I’ve uploaded an audio file so I don’t know if this will work exactly but I’m trying to share…) and inspired, began a little serious cardio-exploration of San Francisco Hills.  Then of course, more ab research, a very ...

I have been thinking a lot lately about what I can and cannot tolerate in my life. Tonight tested the limits. After dinner at Plant post beach walk with Susan, I was working on my computer and looked for my phone.  I couldn’t find it –– which rarely happens –– and then th...

This Xmas I am not returning to Connecticut to be with my extended family. Instead, Belle and I are hanging VERY low in SF, enjoying the quiet and celebrating in our own way. The only person –– besides my Secret Santa –– that I have gifted is my faux–nemesis at the UPS store (a copy of UPWARD DOG), appropr...

First, a true triumph:  yesterday and today, feeding Val and Clark’s cat Tula was easy and delightful.  The keys they gave me worked perfectly.  The food was exactly where it was supposed to be. And Tula –– whom I have known exclusively while cowering away from Belle at dinner parties –– was unbeliev...

Stayed up until 2 am clearing away Inner Child years up to elementary school –– now the real work begins –– but all my New-Found Serenity was called into question again at the UPS store. My challenge there has been since the very first phone call with a guy I’ll just call Z. At first I honestly thoug...

              I have listened to four hours of Platinum Marketing today –– only another two hours to go and I am complete –– and I’m sorta totally into it and at the same time playing iphone scrabble constantly and tidying up small stacks of books and papers, and fe...

This morning our experience at the Municipal Parking Authority can truly only be described as a TRIUMPH. This is largely because Belle and I were braced for hours in line of waiting.  It  turned out to be 10 minutes, with a brief intermission since because of zoning subtleties we had to regroup and return ...

Last night I watched Nicholas Cage in SEASON OF THE WITCH which has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 10% Fresh (ie, 90% of the critics hated it) but honestly it sustained my interest (while playing scrabble on my iphone) far more than MELANCHOLIA, the latest from Lars Von Trier which I couldn’t even get t...

This week I got an email from a self-help guru whose mailing list I’m on with this subject line:  “Your Miracle Expires At Midnight!” This phrase seemed so ridiculously aggressive that I off-handedly emailed them back and said, “Please stop threatening me!” I certainly didn...