Even though we had our first snowfall this week and it's peppermint hot chocolate land all over the place, I'm slowly looking ahead to...

My husband took me sailing when we were dating. He was a newish sailor and enjoyed being a member of a sailing club (which sounds so...

I have been wrestling with this idea of what to do when you’ve spent the Gladwellian 10,000 hours (or more) on a skill and you slowly...

Depending on your location on this diverse planet, you will encounter days of gloom, fog, sunsets (oh but did the sun ever appear?) at...

Look at that chair. Look at the arms. That chair is one of the oldest things in our home. It belonged to my great grandmother, Zinnovia....

I’m reading War and Peace by Tolstoy for the first time and it living up to its hype! It has such a huge reputation that it’s almost a...

Have you ever known that you were to do something – write that card, say those words, take that action – and you shared it with someone...

So you are all “in” with the idea of schole – time to learn, think, create – but you have toddlers. This is different than having a...

This whole handwriting scripture and attempting to paint a face for one of the characters has been so much fun! Really, I've been...

Front-load: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of a contract, project, or time period. Transitive verb. First usage as...

Do you have something you really want to do (write a book, play an instrument, make a special handicraft, create a website, start a...

Your smartphone may be your biggest distraction but it also is awfully handy. Do you use timers? I tell you what, timers are amaaaazing. ...

Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough? Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion? Have I experienced...

“My good deeds are Thine appointments, and Thy gifts; my evil ones are my offenses and Thy judgements.” St. Augustine, Confessions, Book...

Recently I heard a Psychologist say that some people use their phones and either social media or games for “ordering” their mind. She...

When my youngest child was about 4 months old, I, despairing of ever feeling like a healthy, slim woman again, went to the store to buy...

I was lucky enough to study in London in my early 20’s. My mom sent me a book in the mail which was terrific-ly expensive! I don’t know...

I overhead an older lady in a nursing home today. She was telling the Activities Director that she was desperate for some “work” to do....

I began watercolor painting earlier this year and I’m not great at it but I find it incredibly peaceful and life-giving – Schole, for...

My husband recently recounted a conversation he had with a person who was about to embark on a second marriage. She said of her first...