The One Word Resolution

Here’s what I’m thinking.  Resolutions are boring.  I mean, we’re all resolving to do the same things every year, and somehow writing down the same stuff every January 1st feels defeating, like “here I go again… “ I know I should work out, eat right, try to stay organized, etc.  I mean, that’s on everyone’s [...]

The Nerdy Bookish Post

Ever since I read Janet and Mark when I was 4 years old, I have been a reader. If you ask me what I am reading now, I always have an answer.  The rare times when I have been bookless (def-def-definitely bookless, oh, Rain Man, we are kindred spirits) I have felt so uncomfortable that [...]

I Appreciate Your Suchness

In Buddhism, the word “suchness” is used to mean the essence or particular characteristics of a thing or person, it’s true nature.  If we want to live in peace and happiness with a person, we have to see the suchness of that person.~  Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh.

I like this idea of [...]

Christmas Update

The Music
I love the music, but you know some of these Christmas songs make no sense at all. A child shivers in the cold so we’ll bring him silver and gold?  How about a blanket?  Or get him inside somehow.  And then still no one brings a blanket, but he gets a drum solo, because [...]

I Want to Like My Job

You are supposed to like your job, right?  Let’s don’t ask our parents that question.  Oprah always says, “do what you love, the money will follow” but I mean, she’s Oprah, The O, O Magazine with her face on the cover every month, has her own show and tons of money, of course she loves [...]