Mother Nature vs. Human Nature
While I was taking my walk this morning, Mother Nature put on a beautiful show for me. I saw the sunrise peeking through a blooming ornamental cherry tree. The flowers on the trees seem to have...
View ArticleNo! I’m not sixty – just saying, it’s not all doom and gloom being older!
Good Day! Many of you know that we live for most of the year in Cyprus. It’s an island which is just about big enough to live on without feeling too claustrophobic. Cyprus has a lot going for it; some...
View ArticleThe Weight of the World
There is a family photo from the 90’s that sits in our living room. We had just arrived at the entrance of Sea World with two excited kids. My hair is long and curly and my almost 5’11” frame is very...
View ArticleLearning something new at 44
As children, we were expected to learn something new every day. Whether it was math in school, or a better way to hit a baseball, it was part of how we did things. Some kids react better than others...
View ArticleOne task, one breath, one thought at a time
We all have moments in our lives when we feel overwhelmed, when things on our “to do” list pile up and up until it feels like we are buried beneath them. Those tasks appear so insurmountable that it...
View ArticleKickstart Your Body and Mind: Part One – Body
I’m often asked what I do to stay so skinny. I’m far from size-zero skinny (which is unhealthy anyway), but for my age, I’m holding up nicely so far. I have small pores and good genes, which also...
View ArticleThe Last Rose Of Summer
In my part of the world, which is Northern Ireland, we’ve had a wonderful summer – day after day of hot, glorious sunshine, instead of our usual diet of a few sunny days regularly interspersed with...
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