Treats Gone Bad

I detoxed yesterday. Ate a healthy breakfast; packed healthy lunch; munched on healthy snacks. I left work early because I had gone in early originally planning to take Russell to a doctor’s appointment, but Lyle called to tell me he had it covered. I felt pretty good until I walked into the house and kicked [...]

Pass the Kleenex and Neti Pot

Starve a cold? Feed a Fever? Eat a box of Goldfish crackers? I’m not sure what the answer is, but I feel like crap, and yesterday I munched as if food held the key to curing the common cold. Coupled with the fact that nary a vegetable has passed my lips in the past two [...]

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Today instead of looking at things as stupid or marvelous, I searched for beauty in simplicity. At lunch, I trekked off to Pilates. It’s always a good workout, but also centers me in ways that a spin class can’t touch. As I thought about stupid vs. marvelous and twisted into one of the seated moves, [...]

Stupid or Marvelous

I wonder at times if other people find life as challenging as I seem to make it for myself. Everything operates relatively smooth and peaceful for a while and then KABOOM. The whole thing shatters leaving me to pick up the little shards scattered across what used to be a well-defined path. Does life need [...]