In the last 24 hours, I’ve had a strong sense that I’ve lately neglected the intuition part of my operation: both for information gathering and decision making. I’d say that’s been going on for 2 to 3 years. I’ve been meditating again this year, after a long lapse. I once went seven years when I […] Read More

The fellow who runs this new Project Mojave undertaking seems to have a passion for helping people get loose from cubicles and pursue their own interests on their own time. Having been a freelancer since I was 22 (I’m now 60), I very much favor this. Click to the site and learn how to set […] Read More

A discovery by Mamie, who is definitely the Quote Queen: “If you have no anxiety, the risk you face is probably not worthy of you. Only risks you have outgrown don’t frighten you.” – David Viscott I’ve also noticed that sometimes I go straight from scared to bored. Scared is better. But it would be […] Read More

What inspired the cleanup I posted about yesterday was a story in the design issue of New York magazine about a college senior and the way he has decorated his dorm room. Just imagine having your old dorm room’s decor featured in New York. Not mine, though I had a very nice paper goldfish hanging […] Read More

The exceptionally bold act of cleaning out the bedroom closet can be so liberating. This past Sunday I set to it, and sent 18 articles of clothing away to new lives elsewhere. (including the rag bag.) Note the “going out” pile. One item had to be commemorated with a portrait: the jaunty sunglasses skirt, which […] Read More

See, it’s possible to be both ambitious and feminine. These graceful rambling roses are already to the second-floor of our house. And they’re not strident or driven. If you like this post, please bookmark it on del.icio.us, share it on StumbleUpon, vote for it on Digg. Thanks so much. Read More

See this yellow-backed vehicle? The owner of this car was seizing an opportunity. Written on the back is a message that says, in essence: okay, while you’re sitting in traffic behind me, why not write this phone number down so you’ll have it when you need it. The number is for a towing company. I […] Read More

The bad kind of bold: a website called Free Essays that offers 32,000 “Free Essays for All Students.” The student who is eager for knowledge can find a paper on any of a huge and sometimes hilarious selection of subjects. For example: “Plagerism” (sic). And a search for papers that deal with personal courage turned […] Read More

I’m a huge fan of psychotherapy. One stretch of 11 sessions over a few months when I was 32 years old led me to start writing fiction and to get (happily) married. We celebrated our 25th anniversary in December. And, BTW, I married a therapist. At the same time, I think it’s important not to […] Read More

Came home from work last night to find that my rambling roses had exploded into bloom. They’re very pale pink and they looked spectacular (by the standards of my garden) even in the dark as I drove up. Last year (first season) they bloomed a little, and then grew like crazy everywhere, up to the […] Read More