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It was my big return to the woods this morning, 6 weeks and 1 day post surgery. I am still waiting to hear back from my doc on what the advised exercise plan is, not to mention physical therapy,...
It seems like not so long ago I was sitting here glorying in having a whole 6 weeks away from my job, 6 weeks at home recovering from back surgery. Six whole weeks! And now Im sitting here...
I just found this, who knows how really, but I am so delighted to be supporting, in my small way, the making of this film. I wish Id heard about it sooner, and that I had more funds to contribute....
with the lovely Nicole at SirenWhen I was a kid, we three sisters listened to The Beatles over and over again, especially when we were cleaning the living and dining rooms where we could hear the...
By now everybody has heard of, if not bought shares in, a CSA -- that is, a Community-Supported Agriculture delivery service. You know, its this way of supporting farmers by subscription, i.e.,...
The hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours we live. - Richard Jefferies, The Life in the Fields, 1884 Thats a quote I scribbled in my Moleskine last week, a quote prominently...
cauliflower, kale, chardTwo Saturdays ago, something significant happened. Well, OK, let me clarify: significant happened to me over here at my farmlet, something which probably didnt happen to...
credit: Choconutmeg In my own experience, crazy things can happen, fun things, unexpected things, if I just ask for them. And even though this has happened to me over and over again, every time it...
I think I said at some point that I would, given the choice, maintain my 4:30am Fuck Yeah Early Early Wake-up Time even if I werent working around a 9-5 job. That Id still relish those early...
Way back in the beginning of time, which in my life was the early-early 80s, most of my friends were sliding away from me down the slippery slope of heroin. I lived for about 6 months in a crazy...
A couple of weeks ago at lunch at the deYoung Museum with my mother-in-law after we’d taken in the so-good Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit, I was struck by how many people there were in the museum...
Welcome to Country Mouse Monday, a new feature-thingie in which Ill share some current aspect of my particular OCD -- that is, Obsession with Country Mouse Domesticity! Country Mouse Monday could...
credit: www.yogateau.com Yogateau is to blame. Thats my sisters website, devoted to yoga in Paris. And its awesome. And you should immediately check it out AFTER youve finished this post. For the...
I was reminded this morning (see video below) of how much I loved Mr. Rogers as a child. Sure, Im dating myself, but I dont care: in the kind and gentle world of Mr. Rogers, your age, your place,...
I know, I know: seems like Ive got a new mission every day right now, right? Thats what sitting around at home all day does to a person -- gives you lots and lots of time to think, rock-hop around...
Danielle LaPortes book, The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
On Memorial Day we had dinner with some friends, one of whom is an English teacher at a posh private high school here in Marin. We were discussing the practice of diagramming sentences, because of...
Few things delight me more than receiving books in the mail, especially when Ive forgotten that Ive ordered them or when I forget that I signed up for a free copy through my online bloggers...
Wahooooo, yesterday I went to see the excellent Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the De Young Museum in San Francisco -- the perfect inspiration for a life of creative freedom! If youre anywhere close...
The word "movement" has been getting a lot of play lately, what with Occupy, for example, and for those closer in to me, in the yoga world, by Sianna Shermans Manifesto Movement of May. Ive been...
Earlier this year, inspired by other members of From Left to Write, the online bloggers bookclub Id recently joined, I signed up for GoodReads.com. I thought it might make it easier to keep my...
In the weird enchantment that is my life, goofy things happen. Like last week, the day that Rebecca invited me over to tend bees and also possibly have lunch with Sacheen Littlefeather. Who, I...
The other day, after much hemming and hawing, inventorying and calculating, I pressed Submit on an online order of over $200 in beekeeping supplies. None of what was ordered was unnecessary -- well...
Probably the Grape Nuts commercial from my youth has affected me more deeply than Id like to admit ("Many parts are edible"). And stories about native peoples and farmers and pioneers who wasted...
This is my low back, one week post-surgery, the little button-hole incision healing up just right. Two things are funny about this for me: 1) that the new incision is exactly where the old scar...
Its Week One, Day Three of my six-week disability leave and Im standing here at the kitchen counter, eating toast, drinking coffee and thinking and enjoying. I could sleep all day if I wanted, but...
A friends Facebook status, about her reaction to a cafe server calling her "lady," kicked off an interesting discussion on the use of such language in transactions and reminded me, again, of how...
Yes, its happened, and so quickly too: yesterday morning when I woke up at the genius hour of 7am, I realized I had absolutely no idea what day of the week it was. Natch, I knew where I was, in my...
OK, so its after 9:30 and Im just now drinking my breakfast. First of all, I slept in until 7:30, which is amazing. The only reason I could bear to be in bed that long is that Im NOT IN PAIN, which...
Its Day 1 of my 6-week disability leave. Im not counting yesterday (surgery day), since today is the first of the long stretch of days that I get to stay home, be here in this place I always long...
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