California is a dry state. Dry in the sense that we don’t get loads of rain, we do plenty of drinking. There are a lot of parts of California so saying that it is just one thing is a bit of a generalization I know, and I am going to make the statement anyway. We…
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Where, you might ask, does the phrase “back in the saddle” come from? You might not ask because it is rather obvious but I am going to answer anyway. When you are riding a horse, or breaking a horse as the case may be, and the horse throws you off a significant amount of pain…
My birthday is in a week. As happens with birthdays it means that I will be a year older. This year is not a particularly interesting number, I am settling into the decade that I joined last year. I am neither young or old, it is a middle number and so here I am in…
I don’t remember what year the spider first appeared. We have spent nine summers in this house and I can’t remember the spider not being there. I know that at the beginning my daughter had to use a step-stool to see the spider and I had to lift my son. This year of course he…
or why do we have to choose. I don’t know too many people who are really good at self-care. Maybe it’s that famed Puritan work-ethic, but it doesn’t seem to me that the lack of ability around self-care, or the tendency to push through the pain are either limited to populations influenced by that particular…
My spiritual practice centers primarily around Jewish holidays and rituals. I say primarily because really it’s complicated and not only did I grow up in different faith traditions, I also feel like there is a lot to learn from different traditions that can help us generally get closer to living a spiritual life. No one…
The night before we left the closet was almost empty, there were a few hand-me-down business suits that really were not needed, at least not right away, and the drawer of miscellaneous socks that were mostly ignored and certainly not needed. There was a big pile of clothes on the floor, the things that had…
The plan was to take the train from Brussels to Toulouse. Eight hours of watching the country scenery, reading, writing and having the experience of being on the rails. Also I don’t like to fly so this was a great way to have a train adventure and stay closer to the ground. Total travel time…
Patience, the dictionary says, is the ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset. The key to experiencing patience lies in the ability to accept the things that bother you because it doesn’t require patience to accept things that are not disagreeable or that you enjoy. For instance, if…
Faith Works 