Every morning as part of my routine (when I remember), I draw a Tarot card from the Rider-Waite deck. There are 78 cards in the… Read More »An Encounter: Trash-Spearing Woman Meets Inebriated College Students
“We all are born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were… Read More »Beth’s Florida Film Festival – 10 Films, 3 Days
Last week we had reservations on Amtrak train 69, part of the Empire Service, leaving Penn Station and ending in Montreal. Our stop was Albany-Rensselaer, which we would… Read More »The Kindness of a Stranger
An unseasonably brisk and windy day during Spring Break. Here I am and here are two young chickadees during the same walk. How can they not be cold?… Read More »Spring Break 2017
My mother’s birthday was last Sunday, March 5th. She’s gone now, a little over six years, but I think about her nearly every day, especially… Read More »Mom and the Waitress
You know that nagging feeling you get that there’s something significant about the day, but you just can’t put your finger on what it is?… Read More »My Mother’s Ring
On Sunday, February 5, 2017, about 5:00 pm, I walk into the yoga studio. They specialize in hot yoga. No thank you! Living in Florida… Read More »Protect What is Dear
A day after the election, I open a message from a friend on Facebook about a women’s march in DC the day after the inauguration.… Read More »Thank You, Marchers
My original intent for the blog was to focus on gratitude and other qualities like: empathy, compassion, peace, forgiveness, awe and wonder, qualities I want… Read More »How Grateful Are You? A Short Gratitude Questionnaire
Dear Readers, You can now subscribe to my blog. Hooray! Just fill in your e-mail address on the right side of the page where it… Read More »Part II: After the Fall – A 3-Step Plan to Thrive in the Time of Trump