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Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 1)

A little while ago I received one of the loveliest invitations which went something along the lines of, "Come Live Simply in France for a...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Keeping The Function Simple, But Not The Presentation

I drafted this post--part explanation, part self-actualization--and then, as if by magic, the quote above fell into my lap. The exact sentiment I had been...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Being The Best Adviser

I was with my sister and my cousin, catching up, as we hadn't been together in a year or so. "Your skin looks so good,...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Being Creators and Re-Imagining

Sometimes I fear that the vast majority of us first world residents are so disconnected from the production process that we've become limited in our...
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Monday’s Mediation: On Perceptions

We give a considerable amount of thought to the image of self we project to the world--image not as in phony pose, but as in...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Helping Yourself

I recently read the above quote in a copy of the Oprah Magazine while pummeling away on the dreaded Eliptical machine (really, is there anything...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Pruning Gardens

A garden, or rather the attention and maintenance a garden requires in order to prosper, in order to not die, seems an apt metaphor for...
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Monday’s Meditation: On The Lesson Of Laughter

In many ways my life has been a lesson in laughter, which isn't to say that my life has been a laugh. Quite to the...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Women And Bitches, The Burden of Being "Nice"

My dad, the psychologist, readily reminds me of the fact that there's an epidemic among the female sector of our society, and I have no...
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