This Saturday, October 31 is Halloween. Most of us associate this holiday with trick or treating, costume parties, jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts, etc. But what is the history of this holiday? Where did all this “tradition” come from? According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween) the origins of Halloween can be found in an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain (a [...]

I am flying home to San Francisco today after spending a lovely weekend with friends in Cincinnati. It was great to visit everyone and now it is also wonderful to be returning home once again. As I look back over the past year, it amazing to me how much has changed! Not just my address [...]

I am traveling again at the moment. Months ago I scheduled a trip back to Cincinnati. At the time, it seemed so far in the future and now, here it is! I don’t know about you, but I remember when I was a child, time seemed to pass very slowly. The school year seemed very [...]

My week with Mom is over and I am back in San Francisco. Although my time with Mom passed much too quickly, I am glad to be home. I still have boxes to unpack and various things to do to fully settle in to this new apartment. But I also realize that spending too much [...]

I have been spending the week visiting my Mom in Michigan. I love visiting her. We laugh and talk and laugh some more. It is fun and restful and rejuvenating to spend time with her. They say women become like their mothers as they grow older. And if that is true, I am a very [...]

Have you ever gone looking for a reason for something and then when you found it, been confused by the answer? I looked up the word “confusion” and its definition includes the words “uncertainty” and “a breakdown of order”. My previous worldview about what people are looking for didn’t match what was actually happening, so [...]

I recently had one of those experiences where my head got totally confused and my heart got totally opened. These seem to be happening more and more recently and I believe this is a good thing. At least my head thinks it probably will be a good thing after it stops being so confused! For [...]

When I was looking up the word “Namaste” last week, I found an interesting piece of information on Wikipedia. They noted that this word “does not have a direct parallel in English, although Aloha would be a good attempt.” This surprised me because I have only ever heard the word “Aloha” used to mean either [...]

Wow! It’s the first day of October already! This year has been amazing in so many ways. I moved to San Francisco in January. I moved again in September to a bigger apartment. I gave up my car, sold my old house, and have been exploring an entirely new approach to making a living. So [...]