October 12, 2012 Taurus (4/20-5/20) There is a lot of love swirling around you today, so why don’t you reach out and get some of it for yourself? You deserve it. Start showing yourself the affection you want other people to show you, in whatever way you feel that it’s appropriate. Buy yourself a nice present, take yourself out for a great dinner, or book yourself a day at a spa. You can’t rely on…
Down the street at the church on the corner of Canal and Jeff Davis is a marquis saying, “Live a Worthy Life.” Tall order, I say. We’ve started a Rudolf Steiner study group at Waldorf and the first group met for the first time last night and the book we are studying is called, “Education as a Force for Social Change.” It is a series of lectures Steiner gave leading up to the opening and…
I was speaking to an ex colleague today about stretching our writer’s muscles again, about new opportunities, and about the brave new world of social media. And the truth is that I’m passionate about all of these things, but my main job right now is Mom and for that I’m grateful. I pick up Tin every day from school and we have different activities – on Thursdays, it’s Kenjy time, on Wednesdays is Jerrod time,…
I strolled through the park this morning with the dogs and was listening to a Bill Moyers’ podcast where he was interviewing Michael Pollan. First, this is a biased statement I LOVE MICHAEL POLLAN. Okay, now that I’ve informed you of my bias, I’ll point you to the open letter to the President that Pollan took out when Obama was elected. Perhaps one of the best pieces of writing the New York Times has ever…
Tin has been really digging his bike lately as he is getting more balanced on it and fast too. He and his friend Jerrod took off zipping around Big Lake on Monday and we had to run to keep up. They only paused when they saw a bunch of kids playing on the Wayne Amedee sculpture and wanted to join them.
They say the early bird gets the worm, but today that was not true. It was day two of Tin waking up with nightmares and my lack of sleep. Everything was thrown back an hour or more. I ended up walking to City Park after 8 and I grumbled the whole way because that meant my swimming would be pushed out as well and then something happened to change my frown to a smile. I…
We remained in birthday celebration mode and went over to celebrate Ben’s 49th with some pickin’ and grinnin’ happening on their screen porch. Pots of red beans were simmering on the stove, kids were running in and around, a fat frosted carrot cake was on the table and the musicians lined up to sing and pick and play some good old tunes such as – She’ll be coming around the mountain, Jambalaya, Bridge over Troubled…
Apparently this period is the busiest time for birthdays and as a matter of fact Oct 5th claims to have the most people born on that date – simply because nine months prior was New Year’s Eve. And so it seems that we have been on a birthday roll, kiddies, adults, or one of our own – it is like a Libra explosion around here. And while everyone is busy celebrating their birth, I am…
Today is Tatjana’s 46th birthday. She was conceived on New Year’s Day in 1966. The fact her birthdate has three sixes in it should not come as a surprise. In honor of her birthday, we will drink gin tonics.
I read an article about aging that was interesting because it pointed to the fact that aging actually charges the mind towards innovation and creativity. And many points stood out for me: Older people have a greater capacity for empathy because empathy is learned and refined as we age. An aging brain can better tease out patterns and see the big picture. Maybe it’s because you realize that the future is briefer, so you tend…