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I love this version of The Sound of Music’s famous song “A Few of My Favorite Things.”  Performed by the kooky-cool duo Pomplamoose (check them out on MySpace Music), it’s got just the right minor-chord mix-ups to make the song feel new and soft and just the right tune to settle over your day.  And…

Swine flu and health care and loss…oh my! In retrospect, 2009 sounds pretty dismal, especially when we look back it through the lens of health.  Let’s take inventory, shall we?  Pandemic disease confused and sickened up.  Toxic chemicals and bacteria threatened and poisoned us.  A national political debate angered and frustrated us.  And cancer and…

Can I hear a “squee!”? Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book comes out next week. Ok, maybe you didn’t love “Eat, Pray Love” for one of several valid reasons, but I’m a fan. As someone who’s working on a memoir, I especially admire how easy Gilbert made it look–the great effort it takes to be effortlessly engaging, alive, smart, fun,…

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill “Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of…
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