I was an English writing major in college, but I took as many anthropology classes as I could manage for the fun of it. Evolution and human behavior really get me going. So when my friends at TLC asked me to review Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, I was thrilled! This is one of… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Poetry Friday: In Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver
In Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is… Continue Reading
Things i Love Thursday (TiLT)
I have so much to be grateful for this week! So, let’s get this ball rolling… Things I am loving right now: puppy kisses & kitten cuddles from bella & luna ♥ rainy days & rainbows ♥ evolution you had it’s biggest day ever on friday thanks to my beautiful friend, gala darling! ♥ this… Continue Reading
Be still.
“Be still. It takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of being-ness with itself.”… Continue Reading
Lovely Day for the Ducks
It was another wet morning on our little mountain. This year we have gotten a lot of rain here in Northern New Jersey. In fact, we’ve gotten so much rain that in many places records have been shattered. When it’s raining out my mother always says, It’s a lovely day for the ducks. I can… Continue Reading
