It’s amazing how much time it takes to catch up after hosting a guest (as lovely as my mother was…we did love having her!)–unpaid bills, dirty laundry, thirsty plants, unread books, neglected tasks and errands–so you’ll have to forgive me for a couple of days while I regroup and get organized. In the meantime, I […]
What I’ve Learned
Sadness. The day has arrived. Grandma is leaving. I’m anticipating that Liliana will fill the car with her tears when we drop Grandma off at the airport. Another chapter of life will begin. Isn’t that the way it always works? We explored, cooked, ate, talked, read, and talked some more. I’m sure Liliana thought we […]
Two Questions To Carry With You
In this month’s O Magazine, Martha Beck has an article about how the average person will earn $700,000 over his or her entire lifetime, and if you think of it in that way, you might ask yourself: WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR $700,000? Her obvious claim is that “people who don’t consciously renounce unneeded, […]