New Ways To Go

This Saturday I’ll be sipping a mint julep and watching the Kentucky Derby on TV.  The event coverage (NBC) gets underway at 5 p.m., but actual post time is closer to 6:15. 
The start-up line keeps shifting.  In the last couple of days, Eskendereya, the forerunner, has had to pull out due to a leg injury.  Still [...]

 
While noodling around online, I came across A Definition of Fashion by Cynthia Nellis at About.com.  The first part of her definition:  ”Fashion is always changing, slightly elusive, extremely seductive” could be applied to my blog for today on adapting to change.
Life and fashion are pretty much alike.  They’re both always changing.  Of course we [...]

This week I was doing some spring house cleaning and sorting through some drawers.  I pulled out my favorite T-shirt, which has numerous holes in the back and a torn neckline.  It has to be thrown out. 
But who can part with something they love?
The T-shirt really has seen its last day . . . as a [...]

 
Let me tell you the story of how a quick morning chat over the proverbial water cooler led to my finding my passion a decade later.
Returning to my corporate job after a weekend, I stopped to talk to a co-worker before getting down to work. 
“How was your weekend?” she asked. 
“Busy,” I replied.  “My To Do [...]

Wow!  Jessica Watson is bound for Tasmania. In case you don’t know who she is, Jessica is a sixteen-year-old Australian girl, sailing around the world — solo and unassisted!  
And yet another sixteen-year-old is doing the same thing.  She’s Abby Sunderland from California.  Upon completion of her sail, she’ll hold the world record as the youngest to complete this [...]

The other morning my feral cat Luc and I lingered in bed for an extra 15 minutes.  The alarm had gone off, but we didn’t budge.  It was time for quieting my mind, which is part of my daily practice.  Now, I don’t always do this first thing upon waking.  It’ s more apt to be [...]