After I posted my blog entry for Memorial Day, I continued to think about the sacrifices that people make in service to a greater good. Soldiers who die fighting for freedom, police officers who die protecting the public, fire fighters who die saving lives and property, and I found myself deeply saddened by all this [...]

Today is Memorial Day, a national holiday in the United States. So I decided to do a little investigating into its history and traditions. Here is what I found. This holiday was originally known as Decoration Day (a day for decorating the graves of fallen soldiers). According to www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html, “Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on [...]

OK, so my first habit change this week was to go to bed earlier, resulting in getting up earlier which added several hours to my productive time each morning! This made a big difference to my day. With two more hours of productive time each morning, I got a lot more done – making good [...]

I moved to San Francisco in January. Many people have told me how much they love this city. I feel the same way – which is one of the reasons I decided to move here. But over the past several months, I have found myself falling into old patterns like spending all my time focused [...]

I was working on my boxes this week and feeling frustrated about why it seems to be taking so long to address their contents (much longer than planned!). After all, I sorted through all this stuff once! Or at least, that was what I was telling myself until I realized that kind of thinking was [...]

My younger brother and a dear friend of mine are both turning 50 in a few weeks. There is something about living for half a century that has an impact. For some people, like me, this is freeing because I felt I could let go of a lot of illusions and just life my life [...]

OK, my favorite fabulous food finds recently have been focused on snacks and desserts. That is because I find it relatively easy to find and prepare basic vegetables, fruits, and proteins. My personal challenges are with yeast and sugar, so snacks and desserts are a particular treat when I can find some that don’t include [...]

I love the energy of living in a big city. I love being able to walk almost everywhere I need to go, or take public transportation. I love the freedom that apartment living brings. If the grass needs mowing, the landlord is responsible. If the dishwasher dies, the landlord has to replace it. I am [...]