Category Life, the Universe, and Everything

Discovering My Inner Dane

When it comes to lifestyle trends, I can be counted on to be late to the party. So it has only been in the past few weeks that I have at last become aware of the concept of hygge, which has…

It’s Not Just Lunch

Shortly after I married my first (late, not ex) husband Richard I was introduced to a holiday ritual, the West Hollywood Ararat Guild Annual Luncheon. Richard’s family was Armenian-American, a culture that reveres its elders, especially as they were the…

The Power of Negative Thinking

I meditate daily, sometimes using nothing but a timer and sometimes using one of the many guided mindfulness meditations I find drifting around on the Interwebs. There are hundreds of them out there, they’re free, and some of them are…

Thanks Again

As I write this, we are driving south to the Monterey Peninsula to celebrate Thanksgiving with a couple of branches of our family tree. And boy howdy, do we have a lot to give thanks for right here, right now.…

Gratitude Anyway

As I proclaimed in last week’s post (Adjust Your Focus) I proposed to keep my November offerings short and to the point, namely gratitude. It’s Thanksgiving week if you’re in the US, so it shouldn’t be such a heavy lift…