Life Style
Time is a Valuable Commodity – Decluttering Our Schedule
Many books exist on decluttering our homes, getting rid of things. Nowadays we have the “luxury” of being burdened by having and owning too many things. Shelves are crowded and homes feel stuffy. Things take over and cramp our quality of life. The same goes for our schedules. Calendars are filled day after day, season […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Trust Let there be no doubt, we come with a “knowingness” inside. Noah Webster described it as, “An immediate comprehension without rational thought.” I still recall the day when I went to the airport to greet my dad. After my mom died, he continued to spend the Michigan wintertime in warm, south Texas and would […]
Back to School as Adults
As children are starting a new school year, we all are hopeful of beginning the season with a clean slate. Days are getting cooler and shorter and our work morale and ambitions are reaching new highs. We’re eager to do things better, and maybe even tackle the one or many left over projects from earlier […]
WHAT NOW?
Wry Not? Fen, our poodle-bichon who’s now maybe four or more, has, in his adulthood, acquired a wry way of looking at me. I say “wry,” because he knows I don’t always know all the answers. I especially didn’t have all the answers one hot Sunday in the park, when we stopped to watch a […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Bliss your way We owe it to ourselves to tune into what really fulfills us. Not society’s values nor our parents’ values but our very own values. All along life, we are adding and subtracting values, hopefully designing the life we want. Although sometimes uncomfortable, it’s freeing to drop away some of the ways I […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Help Each Other In my youth I might have thought otherwise, but now I know: in each life, there is pain. It helps to know what some of our fellow humans do when the painful times come. May the following help you too. “I first panic, then take charge in the way an old horse […]
Summer Cooling Off Solutions
By Violet Green If you venture out into a clothing store in San Diego in late July or early August looking for “summer clothes,” you’ll be out of luck. The stores will have an abundant supply of long pants (including corduroys), sweaters, long-sleeved shirts, and even jackets or light coats. As a transplant from the […]
Let There Be Light
It all started with a dream. He was a music lover and a talented composer, whose Masters degree was in music composition. But sometimes life gets in the way. First a marriage, then children and the dream of a music career turns into the practicality of staying with a business that is growing and growing, […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Christy Turlington But we want it now! We want to lose 10 pounds by Friday. We want to rid ourselves of our worst habit by the end of this month. Why, oh why, does it take so long for what we genuinely want to have happen? When it’s time, it’s time, and when it isn’t, […]
Reclaim the Ease of a Childhood Summer
Yet another brand new summer now at your finger tips. Maybe you vow yet again to truly slow down and enjoy this season 2016. Chances are that the rush of daily life will sweep you away, well into fall, without you thinking about the season of summer. Therefore, it will take a conscious effort to […]
