In this so-great video, part of the New York Times.com “Woodstock Memories” 40th anniversary series, one woman recounts her most memorable moment at the concert: She’s lost, a stranger asks her what she really wants, and it appears. My new motto is “Olives!” and after you watch it might be yours too: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/2009-woodstock-videos/#/fier Were you at…

This song’s been running through my head lately–thought it’d be nice to rise to:   Morning Has Broken As Sung by Cat Stevens lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for the springing fresh from…

Yesterday I stopped in Aveda and came across a very lovely new line of chakra body sprays. Each bottle comes with a card about the chakra it’s for, with pithy and seemingly accurate details. And unlike a lot of Aveda products that make my sensitive nose itch, these appear to have completely natural fragrance. Chakras are the…

Sometimes in our desires to spring forth into a fresh morning, I think we forget that some mornings are slower, more pleasantly plodding, than others.  So my thought for this morning is, linger.  Let the lazy hazy-tude of summer settle around your morning and linger over your morning beverage, lounge in bed for a few…

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