This morning I was talking to a co-worker about the Moody Blues show she went to last night–all extra beamy, she talked about how much it brought back memories and inspired her. It got us sharing some highlights of our concert-attending careers. Like, for me, the four-hour, mid-summer, break-up-healing Blues Traveler show in 1990, or the heart-opening Grateful…

In my desire to get as much into beach mode as is possible while seated in front of a computer (did I mention I’m coming up on vacation?), I came across this video that immediately downshifted my morning into a relaxed, uplifted place. Watching those waves smooth over the slippery rocks, listening to the ebb…

I am one of zillions who really enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love” and am now excited that her next book is coming soon. Yay. This one, a recent interview with her in the New York Times tell us, is about marriage: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage. She wrote this after scrapping…

The only time I might invoke my astrological sign (Taurus) in everyday conversation or thought is when I find myself doing something stubborn, overly practical, or in some other way classically Taurean.  What I don’t make a habit of is checking my horoscope.  It unsettles me, like there might be something bad waiting in the…

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