Monthly Archives: January 2012

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Authors Reviewing Authors?

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I’m feeling uneasy about authors reviewing other authors’ works. I don’t see JK Rowling or Mercedes Lackey or Rick Riordan or Nora Roberts or Dean Koontz or any of my other heroes reviewing books. Not only that, but the practice … Continue reading

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Dancing with my devil: winter construction

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Just noticing how my perspective of the construction project happening mere inches from my stairs–with all its noise and inconvenience and harsh reality-adjustment–is shifting since I decided to practice yoga with it… Last week’s noise and vibrations were brutal, riveting … Continue reading

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Practicing yoga with construction noise

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This is my home’s second “close-up and personal” encounter with new construction. Because this one is exactly on my property line and therefore much more invasive, my normal routine of reading, research, and writing is out, even for this blog. … Continue reading

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Year 2 of the Experiment: Finding Purpose

In 2010 I was still reeling from the leg broken while playing tennis…just didn’t know what my next step looked like. And, despite having counseled thousands of college students in finding their bliss, applying that same wisdom to myself just … Continue reading

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Help for Your New Year’s Resolutions

Whether or not you embrace the new moon from the astrological perspective, Janice Spiller’s book, New Moon Astrology can help with your New Year’s Resolutions. Spiller guides readers to write “wishes” within a 48-hour period of each new moon and … Continue reading

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How to Make Those Resolutions Work!

It’s a New Year, a chance to make a difference, a chance to start fresh, and people inspired by holiday bliss make out lists of New Year’s resolutions that frequently add to stress and guilt because they break those resolutions.  … Continue reading